Saturday, December 31, 2016

Upward Mobility and Discrimination: The Case of Asian Americans by Nathaniel G. Hilger

Upward Mobility and Discrimination: The Case of Asian Americans by Nathaniel G. Hilger

Upward Mobility and Discrimination: Asians and African Americans by Alex Tabarrok

Upward Mobility and Discrimination: Asians and African Americans by Alex Tabarrok

Smart groups of smart people: Evidence for IQ as the origin of collective intelligence in the performance of human groups by Timothy C. Batesa and Shivani Gupta

Smart groups of smart people: Evidence for IQ as the origin of collective intelligence in the performance of human groups by Timothy C. Batesa and Shivani Gupta

The Unbearable Asymmetry of Bullshit by Brian D Earp

The Unbearable Asymmetry of Bullshit by Brian D Earp

Age and Outstanding Achievement: What Do We Know After a Century of Research? by Dean Keith Simonton

Age and Outstanding Achievement: What Do We Know After a Century of Research? by Dean Keith Simonton

How The Collapse of the USSR Felt From the Inside by Oleg Atbashian

How The Collapse of the USSR Felt From the Inside by Oleg Atbashian

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Make Britain Safer: Bring Back Pistols by Kate Andrews

Make Britain Safer: Bring Back Pistols by Kate Andrews

Why Europe Rose And Others Did Not by Ralph Raico

Why Europe Rose And Others Did Not by Ralph Raico

In Praise of Ignorance by Simon Cullen

In Praise of Ignorance by Simon Cullen

How Women in Media Missed the Women’s Vote by Kay S. Hymowitz

How Women in Media Missed the Women’s Vote by Kay S. Hymowitz

The best leaders and the most well-liked people have this one thing in common by Dave Kerpen

The best leaders and the most well-liked people have this one thing in common by Dave Kerpen

The meals your parents made for you are now too calorific for modern lifestyles by Sarah Knapton

The meals your parents made for you are now too calorific for modern lifestyles by Sarah Knapton

Monday, December 26, 2016

The Ferguson Effect Lives On by Heather Mac Donald

The Ferguson Effect Lives On by Heather Mac Donald

George Carlin on the Environment

George Carlin on the Environment

The Church Of Climate Scientology: How Climate Science Became A Religion by Alex Epstein

The Church Of Climate Scientology: How Climate Science Became A Religion by Alex Epstein

The Shop of Ghosts by G.K. Chesterton

The Shop of Ghosts by G.K. Chesterton

Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction by Bret Victor

Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction by Bret Victor

A light in the darkness by Stephen Medcalf

A light in the darkness by Stephen Medcalf

How Social Isolation Is Killing Us by Dhruv Khullar

How Social Isolation Is Killing Us by Dhruv Khullar

Where Does Bad Weather Close Schools? by Hayley Glatter

Where Does Bad Weather Close Schools? by Hayley Glatter

A philosopher’s 350-year-old trick to get people to change their minds is now backed up by psychologists by Olivia Goldhill

A philosopher’s 350-year-old trick to get people to change their minds is now backed up by psychologists by Olivia Goldhill

U.S. Economic Ills Are Cultural, Too by Tyler Cowen

U.S. Economic Ills Are Cultural, Too by Tyler Cowen

Missing Credentials by Robin Hanson

Missing Credentials by Robin Hanson

It’s a Bird Wearing Goggles, and Flying Through Lasers by James Gorman

It’s a Bird Wearing Goggles, and Flying Through Lasers by James Gorman

Environmental variation and the evolution of large brains in birds by Ferran Sayol, et al

Environmental variation and the evolution of large brains in birds by Ferran Sayol, et al

Origins of happiness: Evidence and policy implications by Andrew Clark, Sarah Fleche, Richard Layard, Nattavudh Powdthavee, and George Ward

Origins of happiness: Evidence and policy implications by Andrew Clark, Sarah Fleche, Richard Layard, Nattavudh Powdthavee, and George Ward

Societal income inequality and individual subjective well-being: Results from 68 societies and over 200,000 individuals, 1981–2008 by Jonathan Kelleya and M.D.R. Evans

Societal income inequality and individual subjective well-being: Results from 68 societies and over 200,000 individuals, 1981–2008 by Jonathan Kelleya and M.D.R. Evans

Who Is Racist? by Thomas Sowell

Who Is Racist? by Thomas Sowell

Fact-Checking's Infinite-Regress Problem by Megan McArdle

Fact-Checking's Infinite-Regress Problem by Megan McArdle

The Real Reasons Why Childbirth is So Painful and Dangerous by Colin Barras

The Real Reasons Why Childbirth is So Painful and Dangerous by Colin Barras

Why Liberals Oppose Ben Carson by Jason L. Riley

Why Liberals Oppose Ben Carson by Jason L. Riley

As Liberal Illusions Fade, Trump’s Chance of Success Starts To Come Into Focus by Conrad Black

As Liberal Illusions Fade, Trump’s Chance of Success Starts To Come Into Focus by Conrad Black

Friday, December 23, 2016

What Are You Waiting For? by Stephen J. Dubner

What Are You Waiting For? by Stephen J. Dubner

Authoritarianism is a Matter of Personality, Not Politics by Adam Perkins

Authoritarianism is a Matter of Personality, Not Politics by Adam Perkins

Why Journalists Always Tap the Brakes on Terrorism Stories by Jonah Goldberg

Why Journalists Always Tap the Brakes on Terrorism Stories by Jonah Goldberg

PolitiFact's Biased Selection of Statements to Fact-Check by Matt Shapiro

Paradox PolitiFact's Biased Selection of Statements to Fact-Check by Matt Shapiro

Median Lifetime Earnings, by College Major (millions of dollars) from Brookings

Median Lifetime Earnings, by College Major (millions of dollars) from Brookings

5 Ways the Second Machine Age Will Morph the Future of Big Data by Ayodeji Onibalusi

5 Ways the Second Machine Age Will Morph the Future of Big Data by Ayodeji Onibalusi

The chilling stories behind Japan’s ‘evaporating people’ by Maureen Callahan

The chilling stories behind Japan’s ‘evaporating people’ by Maureen Callahan

Hungry Minds by Daniel Weiss

Hungry Minds by Daniel Weiss

Sunday, December 18, 2016

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Why Park Designers Need to Think More About Mental Health by Kieran Delamont

Why Park Designers Need to Think More About Mental Health by Kieran Delamont

My scuffle with Matt Yglesias by Tyler Cowen

My scuffle with Matt Yglesias by Tyler Cowen

To Thrive Under President Trump, Silicon Valley Must Get Real on Immigration by Jeremy Carl

To Thrive Under President Trump, Silicon Valley Must Get Real on Immigration by Jeremy Carl

Hey, Democrats! We need you to get your act together! by Eric Raymond

Hey, Democrats! We need you to get your act together! by Eric Raymond

The Intellectual Yet Idiot by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Intellectual Yet Idiot by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Roughhousing With Dad Crucial for Development, say Researchers by Michael Murray

Roughhousing With Dad Crucial for Development, say Researchers by Michael Murray

Want Happy Kids? Let Them Roughhouse with Dad by Bethany Mandel

Want Happy Kids? Let Them Roughhouse with Dad by Bethany Mandel

The DOE vs. Ugly Reality by Willis Eschenbach

The DOE vs. Ugly Reality by Willis Eschenbach

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

How Trump Won: His populist message proved everyone wrong by Leigh Ann Caldwell and Benjy Sarlin

How Trump Won: His populist message proved everyone wrong by Leigh Ann Caldwell and Benjy Sarlin

First evidence that wild mammals benefit from bigger brains by Claire Asher

First evidence that wild mammals benefit from bigger brains by Claire Asher

How Clinton lost Michigan — and blew the election by Edward-Isaac Dovere

How Clinton lost Michigan — and blew the election by Edward-Isaac Dovere

How exclusionary zoning limits poor families’ access to good schools by Pete Rodrigue

How exclusionary zoning limits poor families’ access to good schools by Pete Rodrigue

Is It Time To Relinquish Liturgical Greek? by George Demacopoulos

Is It Time To Relinquish Liturgical Greek? by George Demacopoulos

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Is Scarcity as Much About Psychology as it is Economics? by Dan Nixon

Is Scarcity as Much About Psychology as it is Economics? by Dan Nixon

‘Everybody outside of the top is suffering’: How stress is harming America’s health by Ana Swanson

‘Everybody outside of the top is suffering’: How stress is harming America’s health by Ana Swanson

Last Call: The end of the printed newspaper by Clay Shirky

Last Call: The end of the printed newspaper by Clay Shirky

How Religious Groups Differ in Educational Attainment from Pew Research

How Religious Groups Differ in Educational Attainment from Pew Research

Can Order be Unplanned? by Tom W. Bell

Can Order be Unplanned? by Tom W. Bell

Stop Calling People “Low Information Voters” by Claire Lehmann

Stop Calling People “Low Information Voters” by Claire Lehmann

Field of Dreams: Public Higher Education in the United States by Paul Reitter and Chad Wellmon

Field of Dreams: Public Higher Education in the United States by Paul Reitter and Chad Wellmon

The intellectual ghosts of the post-Cold War era by Daniel W. Drezner

The intellectual ghosts of the post-Cold War era by Daniel W. Drezner

Monday, December 12, 2016

Childhood forecasting of a small segment of the population with large economic burden by Avshalom Caspi, et al

Childhood forecasting of a small segment of the population with large economic burden by Avshalom Caspi, et al

The Good News They're Not Telling You by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

The Good News They're Not Telling You by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

Michael Lewis and the Narrative Nonfiction Formula by Cody Delistraty

Michael Lewis and the Narrative Nonfiction Formula by Cody Delistraty

The crushing anxiety behind the media's fake news hysteria by Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

The crushing anxiety behind the media's fake news hysteria by Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

Mysterious Deep-Sea Animal Rediscovered after 116 Years by Natali Anderson

Mysterious Deep-Sea Animal Rediscovered after 116 Years by Natali Anderson

Friday, December 9, 2016

This One Equation May Be the Root of Intelligence by Shelly Fan

This One Equation May Be the Root of Intelligence by Shelly Fan

Shackles and Dollars by Marc Parry

Shackles and Dollars by Marc Parry

Understanding the new undecided voters by Diane Hessan

Understanding the new undecided voters by Diane Hessan

Mobility and money in U.S. states: The marriage effect by Joseph Price, Robert I. Lerman, and W. Bradford Wilcox

Mobility and money in U.S. states: The marriage effect by Joseph Price, Robert I. Lerman, and W. Bradford Wilcox

No Recovery: An Analysis of Long-Term U.S. Productivity Decline from Gallup

No Recovery: An Analysis of Long-Term U.S. Productivity Decline from Gallup

Histomap

Histomap

The Science of Why We Don't Believe Science by Chris Mooney

The Science of Why We Don't Believe Science by Chris Mooney

What’s really to blame for the productivity slowdown by Robert J. Samuelson

What’s really to blame for the productivity slowdown by Robert J. Samuelson

Cultural Cognition of Scientific Consensus by Dan M. Kahan, Hank Jenkins-Smith and Donald Braman

Cultural Cognition of Scientific Consensus by Dan M. Kahan, Hank Jenkins-Smith and Donald Braman

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Heat from North American cities causing warmer winters, study finds by Suzanne Goldenberg

Heat from North American cities causing warmer winters, study finds by Suzanne Goldenberg

Peter Boghossian on Critical Thinking, the Athos App, and the Post-Modern Influence on Universities by Malhar Mali

Peter Boghossian on Critical Thinking, the Athos App, and the Post-Modern Influence on Universities by Malhar Mali

Economic Liberty as Anti-Flourishing: Marx and Especially His Followers by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey

Economic Liberty as Anti-Flourishing: Marx and Especially His Followers by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey

The Rapacious Hardscrapple Frontier by Robin Hanson

The Rapacious Hardscrapple Frontier by Robin Hanson

How conservatives out-intellectualized progressives by Damon Linker

How conservatives out-intellectualized progressives by Damon Linker

Fake News Hysteria Will Make the Fake News Problem Worse by Jason Willock

Fake News Hysteria Will Make the Fake News Problem Worse by Jason Willock

Who’s Afraid of a Little Russian Propaganda? by Jack Shafer

Who’s Afraid of a Little Russian Propaganda? by Jack Shafer

Who’s Afraid of a Little Russian Propaganda? by Jack Shafer

Who’s Afraid of a Little Russian Propaganda? by Jack Shafer

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

The Economy’s Hidden Problem: We’re Out of Big Ideas by Greg Ip

The Economy’s Hidden Problem: We’re Out of Big Ideas by Greg Ip

Durable Coalitions and Communication: Public versus Private Negotiations by David P. Baron, Renee Bowen, and Salvatore Nunnari

Durable Coalitions and Communication: Public versus Private Negotiations by David P. Baron, Renee Bowen, and Salvatore Nunnari

My Play by Robin Hanson

My Play by Robin Hanson

What Works Clearinghouse website

What Works Clearinghouse website

The Rapacious Hardscrapple Frontier by Robin Hanson

The Rapacious Hardscrapple Frontier by Robin Hanson

News Coverage of the 2016 General Election: How the Press Failed the Voters by Thomas E. Patterson

News Coverage of the 2016 General Election: How the Press Failed the Voters by Thomas E. Patterson

Gender Differences in Willingness to Compete: The Role of Culture and Institutions by Alison L. Booth, Elliott Fan, Xin Meng, and Dandan Zhang

Gender Differences in Willingness to Compete: The Role of Culture and Institutions by Alison L. Booth, Elliott Fan, Xin Meng, and Dandan Zhang

Monday, December 5, 2016