Thursday, August 14, 2014

Where We Came From, State by State by Gregor Aisch, Robert Gebeloff, and Kevin Quealy

Where We Came From, State by State by Gregor Aisch, Robert Gebeloff, and Kevin Quealy

Liberalism’s Beleaguered Victory by Abram N. Shulsky

Liberalism’s Beleaguered Victory by Abram N. Shulsky

Brazil on the short end of a 7-1 score by S. Sumner

Brazil on the short end of a 7-1 score by Scott Sumner

Check Out How Much The Average American Works Each Year Compared To The French, The Germans, And The Koreans by Joe Weisenthal

Check Out How Much The Average American Works Each Year Compared To The French, The Germans, And The Koreans by Joe Weisenthal

Fostering the Work Motivation of Individuals and Teams by Richard E. Clark

Fostering the Work Motivation of Individuals and Teams by Richard E. Clark

Are Nonmarital Births on the Decline? by Robert VerBruggen

Are Nonmarital Births on the Decline? by Robert VerBruggen

Facing the facts from The Economist

Facing the facts from The Economist

Maimonides’ Eight Levels of Charity from Mishneh Torah, Laws of Charity, 10:7–14

Maimonides’ Eight Levels of Charity from Mishneh Torah, Laws of Charity, 10:7–14

The Crazy World of Public Schools by Heather Wilhelm

The Crazy World of Public Schools by Heather Wilhelm

What's Missing in Ferguson, Mo. by Joseph Epstein

What's Missing in Ferguson, Mo. by Joseph Epstein

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Can Family Leave Policies Be Too Generous? It Seems So by Claire Cain Miller

Can Family Leave Policies Be Too Generous? It Seems So by Claire Cain Miller

Educated and Religious by Scott Jaschik

Educated and Religious by Scott Jaschik

Constitutional verbosity and social trust by Christian Bjørnskov and Stefan Voigt

Constitutional verbosity and social trust by Christian Bjørnskov and Stefan Voigt

Could Risk Assessment Contribute to Racial Disparity in the Justice System? by Jesse Janetta, Justin Breaux, and Helen Ho

Could Risk Assessment Contribute to Racial Disparity in the Justice System? by Jesse Janetta, Justin Breaux, and Helen Ho

Study: History of cultural bias has led to a lack of diversity at liberal green groups by Darryl FEars

Study: History of cultural bias has led to a lack of diversity at liberal green groups by Darryl FEars

Tottering Ivory Towers by Stuart Butler

Tottering Ivory Towers by Stuart Butler

This Queasy Love: How Having Frequent Diarrhea as a Child Shapes Your Adult Mate Choice by Jesse Bering

This Queasy Love: How Having Frequent Diarrhea as a Child Shapes Your Adult Mate Choice by Jesse Bering

America’s Churning Races: Race and Ethnic Response Changes between Census 2000 and the 2010 Census by Carolyn A. Liebler, et al

America’s Churning Races: Race and Ethnic Response Changes between Census 2000 and the 2010 Census by Carolyn A. Liebler, et al

Campus Activism: The Fight for Imaginary Victories by Peter Wood

Campus Activism: The Fight for Imaginary Victories by Peter Wood

Monday, August 11, 2014

Tallying Female Workers Isn't Enough to Make Tech More Diverse by Adrienne LaFrance

Tallying Female Workers Isn't Enough to Make Tech More Diverse by Adrienne LaFrance

Open carry kids book becomes a hit after being mocked by Bill Maher by Matt Knight

Open carry kids book becomes a hit after being mocked by Bill Maher by Matt Knight

Gridlock Is Good by Reihan Salam

Gridlock Is Good by Reihan Salam

Women's Studies Departments Are Failing Feminism by Elizabeth Segran

Women's Studies Departments Are Failing Feminism by Elizabeth Segran

‘Shaken baby’ doubters give cases another look by O’Ryan Johnson

‘Shaken baby’ doubters give cases another look by O’Ryan Johnson


The Cycles—or Stages—of Chinese History by Edward N. Luttwak

The Cycles—or Stages—of Chinese History by Edward N. Luttwak

Princeton and Wellesley May Re-inflate Grades by Paul Caron

Princeton and Wellesley May Re-inflate Grades by Paul Caron

Thursday, August 7, 2014

Differential Fertility as a Determinant of Trends in Public Opinion about Abortion in the United States by J. Alex Kevern and Jeremy Freese

Differential Fertility as a Determinant of Trends in Public Opinion about Abortion in the United States by J. Alex Kevern and Jeremy Freese

The Persistence of the Old Regime by Kieran Healy

The Persistence of the Old Regime by Kieran Healy

Prophet Motive: The Kahlil Gibran phenomenon by Joan Acocella

Prophet Motive: The Kahlil Gibran phenomenon by Joan Acocella

The case for starting statistics education in kindergarten by Jonathan Wai

The case for starting statistics education in kindergarten by Jonathan Wai

What College Gowns Bring to Towns by Richard Reep

What College Gowns Bring to Towns by Richard Reep

Scientists turn a brown butterfly purple—in just six generations by John Timmer

Scientists turn a brown butterfly purple—in just six generations by John Timmer

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Groundbreaking research maps cultural history from Northeastern University

Groundbreaking research maps cultural history from Northeastern University

Why Are So Many Low-Income People So Overweight? by James McWilliams

Why Are So Many Low-Income People So Overweight? by James McWilliams

The Growth and Spread of Concentrated Poverty, 2000 to 2008-2012 by Elizabeth Kneebone

The Growth and Spread of Concentrated Poverty, 2000 to 2008-2012 by Elizabeth Kneebone

WSU researchers see violent era in ancient Southwest by Eric Sorensen

WSU researchers see violent era in ancient Southwest by Eric Sorensen

Cut the Crap About the Gender Pay Gap by Joanna Williams

Cut the Crap About the Gender Pay Gap by Joanna Williams

Political psychology or politicized psychology? Is the road to scientific hell paved with good moral intentions? by Philip Tetlock

Political psychology or politicized psychology? Is the road to scientific hell paved with good moral intentions? by Philip Tetlock

Is the road to scientific hell paved with good moral intentions? by Judith Curry

Is the road to scientific hell paved with good moral intentions? by Judith Curry

Kardashian Index by Judith Curry

Kardashian Index by Judith Curry

Obama’s Corporatist Constitution by Mickey Kaus

Obama’s Corporatist Constitution by Mickey Kaus

Republicans’ increasing reliance on white voters may not spell electoral doom just yet by Chris Cillizza

Republicans’ increasing reliance on white voters may not spell electoral doom just yet by Chris Cillizza

WWI demons live by Jonah Goldberg

WWI demons live by Jonah Goldberg

Friday, August 1, 2014

How to make your own luck by Daniel H. Pink

How to make your own luck by Daniel H. Pink

Why are some people so much luckier than others? by Nathan Kontny

Why are some people so much luckier than others? by Nathan Kontny

Out of Many, Two? by Peggy Noonan

Out of Many, Two? by Peggy Noonan

American firms are aging too by Tyler Cowen

American firms are aging too by Tyler Cowen

Why Psychologists’ Food Fight Matters “Important findings” haven’t been replicated, and science may have to change its ways. by Michelle N. Meyer and Christopher Chabris

Why Psychologists’ Food Fight Matters “Important findings” haven’t been replicated, and science may have to change its ways. by Michelle N. Meyer and Christopher Chabris

Lords challenge No 10 to prove value of public behaviour 'nudge' unit by Jamie Doward

Lords challenge No 10 to prove value of public behaviour 'nudge' unit by Jamie Doward

Small Telescopes: Detectability and the Evaluation of Replication Results by Uri Simonsohn

Small Telescopes: Detectability and the Evaluation of Replication Results by Uri Simonsohn

IRS Strikes Deal With Atheists To Monitor Sermons And Homilies from Investor's Business Daily

IRS Strikes Deal With Atheists To Monitor Sermons And Homilies from Investor's Business Daily