Monday, October 26, 2015

When God Goes Away, Superstition Takes His Place by Walter Russell Mead

When God Goes Away, Superstition Takes His Place by Walter Russell Mead

Memes by Keith Henson

Memes by Keith Henson

The Black-White Sleep Gap by Brian Resnick

The Black-White Sleep Gap by Brian Resnick

The Myth of Basic Science by Matt Ridley

The Myth of Basic Science by Matt Ridley

An Assault on Common Sense by Heather Mac Donald

An Assault on Common Sense by Heather Mac Donald

Free Markets Make Us Healthier, Richer, and Happier by Marian L. Tupy and Chelsea German

Free Markets Make Us Healthier, Richer, and Happier by Marian L. Tupy and Chelsea German

SJWs: The Howler Monkeys of the Developed World by Nicki

SJWs: The Howler Monkeys of the Developed World by Nicki

The Decline of American Martial Culture—Flies of a Summer (Part III) by Seth Barrett Tillman

The Decline of American Martial Culture—Flies of a Summer (Part III) by Seth Barrett Tillman

Understanding The 97% Consensus by Steven Goddard

Understanding The 97% Consensus by Steven Goddard

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Slightly fewer Americans are reading print books, new survey finds by Lee Rainie and Andrew Perrin

Slightly fewer Americans are reading print books, new survey finds by Lee Rainie and Andrew Perrin

Minimal group paradigm from Wikipedia

Minimal group paradigm from Wikipedia

Minority Wars: Why The Next Ten Years Will Set Everyone Against Everyone by Milo Yiannoupoulis

Minority Wars: Why The Next Ten Years Will Set Everyone Against Everyone by Milo Yiannoupoulis

Gamergate, Feminism, Atheism, Gay Rights by Milo Yiannopoulos and Dave Rubin

Gamergate, Feminism, Atheism, Gay Rights by Milo Yiannopoulos and Dave Rubin

Obama’s Tragic Let ’em Out Fantasy by Heather Mac Donald

Obama’s Tragic Let ’em Out Fantasy by Heather Mac Donald

Before you complain about 'patriarchy' by Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Before you complain about 'patriarchy' by Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Where’s the Denominator? by Theodore Dalrymple

Where’s the Denominator? by Theodore Dalrymple

The Changing Impact of Education on Divorce and Break-up Risk by Jaap Dronkers

The Changing Impact of Education on Divorce and Break-up Risk by Jaap Dronkers

The World Health Organization Will Have to Pry My iPhone from My Cold Dead Hands by Ronald Bailey

The World Health Organization Will Have to Pry My iPhone from My Cold Dead Hands by Ronald Bailey

Why Aren’t There More Black Scientists? by Gail Heriot

Why Aren’t There More Black Scientists? by Gail Heriot

The Only Global Warming Chart You Need From Now On by Steven Hayward

The Only Global Warming Chart You Need From Now On by Steven Hayward

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Teachers 'give higher marks to girls' by Sean Coughlan

Teachers 'give higher marks to girls' by Sean Coughlan

Virtuous Capitalism: Why there Is Less Corruption in Business than You Think by Fred L. Smith, Jr. and Ryan Young

Virtuous Capitalism: Why there Is Less Corruption in Business than You Think by Fred L. Smith, Jr. and Ryan Young

Subotnik: Plain Talk About Testing and Race: A Law Review Publishing Drama by Paul Caron

Subotnik: Plain Talk About Testing and Race: A Law Review Publishing Drama by Paul Caron

Why states with more marriages are richer states by Jim Tankersley

Why states with more marriages are richer states by Jim Tankersley

Power networks by Marianne Freiberger

Power networks by Marianne Freiberger

Monday, October 19, 2015

Why What You Learned in Preschool Is Crucial at Work by Claire Cain Miller

Why What You Learned in Preschool Is Crucial at Work by Claire Cain Miller

Historical Echoes: Who Wants to Be the Richest Economist? by Amy Farber

Historical Echoes: Who Wants to Be the Richest Economist? by Amy Farber

Reframing the Debate about Payday Lending by Robert DeYoung, et al

Reframing the Debate about Payday Lending by Robert DeYoung, et al

Kitchen Design Isn't Sexist. It Liberated Women. by Megan McArdle

Kitchen Design Isn't Sexist. It Liberated Women. by Megan McArdle

Democrats are in denial. Their party is actually in deep trouble. by Matthew Yglesias

Democrats are in denial. Their party is actually in deep trouble. by Matthew Yglesias

Tax the blue zones by Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Tax the blue zones by Glenn Harlan Reynolds

The Future of History by Robert Zaretsky

The Future of History by Robert Zaretsky

Washington Sets the Stage for Another Financial Crisis by Stephen Moore

Washington Sets the Stage for Another Financial Crisis by Stephen Moore

Land, Capital, Attention: This Time it Is the Same by Albert Wenger

Land, Capital, Attention: This Time it Is the Same by Albert Wenger

Sunday, October 18, 2015

*The Gunpowder Age* by Tyler Cowen

*The Gunpowder Age* by Tyler Cowen

The Menace of Egalitarianism by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

The Menace of Egalitarianism by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

How the war on inequality ignores the poor by Stephen Carter

How the war on inequality ignores the poor by Stephen Carter

Are You Part Iceman? Famous Ötzi Has 19 Living Relatives by Tia Ghose

Are You Part Iceman? Famous Ötzi Has 19 Living Relatives by Tia Ghose

What Bernie Sanders doesn’t understand about economic equality by George F. Will

What Bernie Sanders doesn’t understand about economic equality by George F. Will

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Weak States, Poor Countries by Angus Deaton

Weak States, Poor Countries by Angus Deaton

Is it getting harder to move beyond minimum wage jobs? by Tyler Cowen

Is it getting harder to move beyond minimum wage jobs? by Tyler Cowen

Catching Cheating Students by Steven D. Levitt and Ming-Jen Lin

Catching Cheating Students by Steven D. Levitt and Ming-Jen Lin

Research That's Just Too Good to Be Tested by Megan McArdle

Research That's Just Too Good to Be Tested by Megan McArdle

Is Economics Research Replicable? Sixty Published Papers from Thirteen Journals Say ”Usually Not” by Andrew C. Chang and Phillip Li

Is Economics Research Replicable? Sixty Published Papers from Thirteen Journals Say ”Usually Not” by Andrew C. Chang and Phillip Li

Why college hasn’t closed the gender wage gap by Catherine Rampell

Why college hasn’t closed the gender wage gap by Catherine Rampell

Tomorrow's Advance Man by Tad Friend

Tomorrow's Advance Man by Tad Friend

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Elaborate NYT graphic makes me think something quite different from what they want me to think. by Ann Althouse

Elaborate NYT graphic makes me think something quite different from what they want me to think. by Ann Althouse

The Value in Teaching the Bible in Prison by Jerome Copulsky

The Value in Teaching the Bible in Prison by Jerome Copulsky

How to Disagree: Amin Maalouf on the Key to Intelligent Dissent and Effective Criticism by Maria Popova

How to Disagree: Amin Maalouf on the Key to Intelligent Dissent and Effective Criticism by Maria Popova

The Art of Conversation: Timeless, Timely Do’s and Don’ts from 1866 by Maria Popova

The Art of Conversation: Timeless, Timely Do’s and Don’ts from 1866 by Maria Popova

How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently by Maria Popova

How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently by Maria Popova

Susan Sontag on Censorship and the Three Steps to Refuting Any Argument by Maria Popva

Susan Sontag on Censorship and the Three Steps to Refuting Any Argument by Maria Popva

No, blacks aren't all alike. Who said they were? by Peter Frost

No, blacks aren't all alike. Who said they were? by Peter Frost

Saturday, October 10, 2015

A Woman President? Who Cares? by Heather Wilhelm

A Woman President? Who Cares? by Heather Wilhelm

The Times Backs Off On Temple Trutherism by John Hinderaker

The Times Backs Off On Temple Trutherism by John Hinderaker

Making It All Up by Andrew Ferguson

Making It All Up by Andrew Ferguson

Canada’s History of Violence by Pascual Restrepo

Canada’s History of Violence by Pascual Restrepo

The remarkable thing that happens to poor kids when you give their parents a little money by Roberto A. Ferdman

The remarkable thing that happens to poor kids when you give their parents a little money by Roberto A. Ferdman

Can Philosophy Be Justified in a Time of Crisis? by Nathan J Robinson

Can Philosophy Be Justified in a Time of Crisis? by Nathan J Robinson

The Persistence of Human Capital by Robin Grier

The Persistence of Human Capital by Robin Grier

Friday, October 9, 2015

Social Perception and Social Reality: Why Accuracy Dominates Bias and Self-Fulfilling Prophecy by Lee Jussim

Social Perception and Social Reality: Why Accuracy Dominates Bias and Self-Fulfilling Prophecy by Lee Jussim

An 'Ether Of Sexism' Doesn't Explain Gender Disparities In Science And Tech by Isaac Cohen

An 'Ether Of Sexism' Doesn't Explain Gender Disparities In Science And Tech by Isaac Cohen

Journalists Banned From Event On WHether Feminism Suppresses Free Speech For Offending Feminists by Blake Neff

Journalists Banned From Event On Whether Feminism Suppresses Free Speech For Offending Feminists by Blake Neff

If Your Town is Failing, Just Go by Kevin S. Williamson

If Your Town is Failing, Just Go by Kevin S. Williamson

The Article On Diversity In Tech That Forbes Took Down by Brian S. Hall

The Article On Diversity In Tech That Forbes Took Down by Brian S. Hall

The Color of Debt: How Collection Suits Squeeze Black Neighborhoods by Paul Kiel and Annie Waldman

The Color of Debt: How Collection Suits Squeeze Black Neighborhoods by Paul Kiel and Annie Waldman

How scientists fool themselves – and how they can stop by Regina Nuzzo

How scientists fool themselves – and how they can stop by Regina Nuzzo

Shipwreck May Hold Clues to Famous Lost Expedition From 1800s by Heather Pringle

Shipwreck May Hold Clues to Famous Lost Expedition From 1800s by Heather Pringle

Ancient DNA reveals 'into Africa' migration by Rebecca Morelle

Ancient DNA reveals 'into Africa' migration by Rebecca Morelle

The Real Problem With Susan Taffe Reed and Fake Indian Tribes by Jacqueline Keeler

The Real Problem With Susan Taffe Reed and Fake Indian Tribes by Jacqueline Keeler

Thursday, October 8, 2015

When Neighborhoods Gentrify, Why Aren't Their Public Schools Improving? by Ester Bloom

When Neighborhoods Gentrify, Why Aren't Their Public Schools Improving? by Ester Bloom

Michelle Obama’s misguided girl power agenda by Naomi Schaefer Riley

Michelle Obama’s misguided girl power agenda by Naomi Schaefer Riley

For decades, the government steered millions away from whole milk. Was that wrong? by Peter Whoriskey

For decades, the government steered millions away from whole milk. Was that wrong? by Peter Whoriskey

Got Incompetence? The Federal Gov't Has Misled Public About Milk For Decades BY John Merline

Got Incompetence? The Federal Gov't Has Misled Public About Milk For Decades by John Merline

Student Debt Is Worse Than You Think by Kevin Carey

Student Debt Is Worse Than You Think by Kevin Carey

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

The hidden inequality of who dies in car crashes by Emily Badger and Christopher Ingraham

The hidden inequality of who dies in car crashes by Emily Badger and Christopher Ingraham

Salon’s Embarrassing Try At Refuting Ben Carson And Smearing America by Caleb Howe

Salon’s Embarrassing Try At Refuting Ben Carson And Smearing America by Caleb Howe

Disproved Discoveries That Won Nobel Prizes by Ross Pomeroy

Disproved Discoveries That Won Nobel Prizes by Ross Pomeroy

How Did the Democrats Become Favorites of the Rich? by Thomas B. Edsall

How Did the Democrats Become Favorites of the Rich? by Thomas B. Edsall

Zero correlation between state homicide rate and state gun laws by Eugene Volokh October

Zero correlation between state homicide rate and state gun laws by Eugene Volokh October

Monday, October 5, 2015

Why The World Is Getting Weirder by Steve Coast

Why The World Is Getting Weirder by Steve Coast

Thanks, Zack by James Taranto

Thanks, Zack by James Taranto

The Reign of Recycling by John Tierney

The Reign of Recycling by John Tierney

The ‘Wage Gap’ Myth That Won’t Die by Sarah Ketterer

The ‘Wage Gap’ Myth That Won’t Die by Sarah Ketterer

What Do Wage Differentials Tell Us About Labor Market Discrimination by June E. O'Neill and Dave M. O'Neill

What Do Wage Differentials Tell Us About Labor Market Discrimination by June E. O'Neill and Dave M. O'Neill

The Breakdown of the Black Family by Kay Hymowitz

The Breakdown of the Black Family by Kay Hymowitz

Obama: Nihilist or Just Incompetent? by Victor Davis Hanson

Obama: Nihilist or Just Incompetent? by Victor Davis Hanson

Do civilians with guns ever stop mass shootings? by Eugene Volokh

Do civilians with guns ever stop mass shootings? by Eugene Volokh

Australia’s 1996 Gun Confiscation Didn’t Work – And it Wouldn’t Work in America by Mark Antonio Wright

Australia’s 1996 Gun Confiscation Didn’t Work – And it Wouldn’t Work in America by Mark Antonio Wright

Saturday, October 3, 2015

Four Important Lessons From Aristotle's "The Politics" by Socrates

Four Important Lessons From Aristotle's "The Politics" by Socrates

Love and Religion by Mike Develin

Love and Religion by Mike Develin

When You Fall in Love, This Is What Facebook Sees by Robinson Meyer

When You Fall in Love, This Is What Facebook Sees by Robinson Meyer

Why It Was Easier to Be Skinny in the 1980s by Olga Khazan

Why It Was Easier to Be Skinny in the 1980s by Olga Khazan

Does heroin really kill? A look at the science of overdoses. by Ryan Cooper

Does heroin really kill? A look at the science of overdoses. by Ryan Cooper

The Hypocrisy of ‘Helping’ the Poor by Paul Theroux

The Hypocrisy of ‘Helping’ the Poor by Paul Theroux

The Return of the Middle American Radical by John B. Judis

The Return of the Middle American Radical by John B. Judis

Guns and alcohol by Eugene Volokh

Guns and alcohol by Eugene Volokh

The Joyful, Illiterate Kindergartners of Finland by Tim Walker

The Joyful, Illiterate Kindergartners of Finland by Tim Walker

This is what two popes, Francis and Benedict, had to say to the United Nations by Mathison Clore and Erik Voeten

This is what two popes, Francis and Benedict, had to say to the United Nations by Mathison Clore and Erik Voeten

Mark Twain’s Rules for Good Writing from interestingliterature

Mark Twain’s Rules for Good Writing from interestingliterature

Friday, October 2, 2015

Crime in Europe and the United States: dissecting the ‘reversal of misfortunes’ by Paolo Buonanno, Francesco Drago, Roberto Galbiati,and Giulio Zanella

Crime in Europe and the United States: dissecting the ‘reversal of misfortunes’ by Paolo Buonanno, Francesco Drago, Roberto Galbiati,and Giulio Zanella

200 Proofs Earth is Not a Spinning Ball by Eric Dubay

200 Proofs Earth is Not a Spinning Ball by Eric Dubay

Revolutionary 3D Printer Can Build 10 Houses In 24 Hours For Only $5,000 Each by Amanda Froelich

Revolutionary 3D Printer Can Build 10 Houses In 24 Hours For Only $5,000 Each by Amanda Froelich

Let's face it: none of our environmental fixes break the planet-wrecking project by George Monbiot

Let's face it: none of our environmental fixes break the planet-wrecking project by George Monbiot

A nation of tall cheese-eaters by Ben Coates

A nation of tall cheese-eaters by Ben Coates

Another Targeting Scandal by Noah Rothman

Another Targeting Scandal by Noah Rothman

Lack of Evidence Is No Obstacle When ‘Correcting’ Gender Bias in Academia by Jason Richwine

Lack of Evidence Is No Obstacle When ‘Correcting’ Gender Bias in Academia by Jason Richwine

Tired of capitalism? There could be a better way. by Matt Bruenig

Tired of capitalism? There could be a better way. by Matt Bruenig

Global Cooling Discovery May Scupper Paris Climate Talks by James Delingpole

Global Cooling Discovery May Scupper Paris Climate Talks by James Delingpole

The Right to Bear Arms Is Not a Relic of the Slave-Owning South by Charles C. W. Cooke

The Right to Bear Arms Is Not a Relic of the Slave-Owning South by Charles C. W. Cooke