Thursday, May 12, 2016

Creative Forces by Joel Mokyr

Creative Forces by Joel Mokyr

The Economic Writings of Sir William Petty, vol. 1 [1662]

The Economic Writings of Sir William Petty, vol. 1 [1662]

√The amazing 1969 prophecy that racial preferences would cause the exact grievances of protesters today by Jonathan Haidt

The amazing 1969 prophecy that racial preferences would cause the exact grievances of protesters today by Jonathan Haidt

Political Correctness Is War By Other Means by Angelo Codevilla

Political Correctness Is War By Other Means by Angelo Codevilla

Ludic Fallacy from Logically Fallacious

Ludic Fallacy from Logically Fallacious

Culture Creep: Anti-Male Edition by Rebecca de Winter

Culture Creep: Anti-Male Edition by Rebecca de Winter

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

My response to the NYTimes article on school districts, test scores, and income. by Random C. Analysis

My response to the NYTimes article on school districts, test scores, and income. by Random C. Analysis

Remember that study saying America is an oligarchy? 3 rebuttals say it's wrong. by Dylan Matthews

Remember that study saying America is an oligarchy? 3 rebuttals say it's wrong. by Dylan Matthews

Young women in STEM fields earn up to one-third less than men: Marriage, kids and scientific fields chosen explain gap, study finds by Jeff Grabmeier

Young women in STEM fields earn up to one-third less than men: Marriage, kids and scientific fields chosen explain gap, study finds by Jeff Grabmeier

Countries with Higher Levels of Gender Equality Show Larger National Sex Differences in Mathematics Anxiety and Relatively Lower Parental Mathematics Valuation for Girls by Gijsbert Stoet, et al

Countries with Higher Levels of Gender Equality Show Larger National Sex Differences in Mathematics Anxiety and Relatively Lower Parental Mathematics Valuation for Girls by Gijsbert Stoet, et al

A St. Louis Desegregation Policy That Segregates by Jason L. Riley

A St. Louis Desegregation Policy That Segregates by Jason L. Riley

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

I Sexually Identify As An A-10 Thunderbolt by Sgt B

I Sexually Identify As An A-10 Thunderbolt by Sgt. B.

Is the U.S. Government Now TRACKING ‘Right-Wing Extremists’? by Robert Spencer

Is the U.S. Government Now TRACKING ‘Right-Wing Extremists’? by Robert Spencer

New Kinds of Lenders, Same Old Biases by Gillian B. White

New Kinds of Lenders, Same Old Biases by Gillian B. White

The Mythology Of Trump’s ‘Working Class’ Support by Nate Silver

The Mythology Of Trump’s ‘Working Class’ Support by Nate Silver

Diary of a somebody: could I solve the mystery of 148 lost notebooks? by Alexander Masters

Diary of a somebody: could I solve the mystery of 148 lost notebooks? by Alexander Masters

Saturday, May 7, 2016

A Confession of Liberal Intolerance by Nicholas Kristof

A Confession of Liberal Intolerance by Nicholas Kristof

Can race be erased? Coalitional computation and social categorization by Robert Kurzban†, John Tooby, and Leda Cosmides

Can race be erased? Coalitional computation and social categorization by Robert Kurzban, John Tooby, and Leda Cosmides

Hard Truths About Race on Campus by Jonathan Haidt and Lee Jussim

Hard Truths About Race on Campus by Jonathan Haidt and Lee Jussim

More Is More: Why the Paradox of Choice Might Be a Myth by Derek Thompson

More Is More: Why the Paradox of Choice Might Be a Myth by Derek Thompson

Why the Ben Rhodes profile in the New York Times Magazine is just gross by Carlos Lozada

Why the Ben Rhodes profile in the New York Times Magazine is just gross by Carlos Lozada

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Video shows white cops performing roadside cavity search of black man by Radley Balko

Video shows white cops performing roadside cavity search of black man by Radley Balko

Don't let U.S. become next Rome by Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Don't let U.S. become next Rome by Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Harnessing the Incredible Learning Potential of the Adolescent Brain by Katrina Schwartz

Harnessing the Incredible Learning Potential of the Adolescent Brain by Katrina Schwartz

Nudging in an Evolving Marketplace: How Markets Improve Their Own Choice Architecture by Adam Christopher Smith and Todd J. Zywicki

Nudging in an Evolving Marketplace: How Markets Improve Their Own Choice Architecture by Adam Christopher Smith and Todd J. Zywicki

The sinister, secret history of a food that everybody loves by Jeff Guo

The sinister, secret history of a food that everybody loves by Jeff Guo

Your Brain Limits You to Just Five BFFs from Emerging Technology from the arXiv

Your Brain Limits You to Just Five BFFs from Emerging Technology from the arXiv

The Arab Implosion Continues by Walter Russell Mead

The Arab Implosion Continues by Walter Russell Mead

There Have Been Over 100 Hate Crime Hoaxes In The Past Decade by Milo Yiannopoulos

There Have Been Over 100 Hate Crime Hoaxes In The Past Decade by Milo Yiannopoulos

One Top Taxpayer Moved, and New Jersey Shuddered by Robert Frank

One Top Taxpayer Moved, and New Jersey Shuddered by Robert Frank

Monday, May 2, 2016

Why Spinoza still matters: At a time of religious zealotry, Spinoza’s fearless defence of intellectual freedom is more timely than ever by Steven Nadler

Why Spinoza still matters: At a time of religious zealotry, Spinoza’s fearless defence of intellectual freedom is more timely than ever by Steven Nadler

How Anthrpology Was Corrupted and Killed by Peter Wood

How Anthrpology Was Corrupted and Killed by Peter Wood

Book Review: Albion's Seed by Scott Alexander

Book Review: Albion's Seed by Scott Alexander

Preference theory from Wikipedia

Preference theory from Wikipedia

Opting Out of Coastal Madness to Live a Low-Overhead Life by Anne Trubek

Opting Out of Coastal Madness to Live a Low-Overhead Life by Anne Trubek

Black Residents Matter by Aaron M. Renn

Black Residents Matter by Aaron M. Renn