The economic debacle seems very simple at one level — but it seems that I am regularly learning new facts that illustrate just how complex it all was.
David Henderson reviews the new Alan Blinder book
The review is here, here is one interesting paragraph: Mr. Blinder omits a crucial fact about Lehman, one that, by itself, explains why the huge drop in value of Lehman’s mortgage-backed securities le…
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Then my kids will receive excellent grades. 🙂
Don’t pay for all of your kids’ college education
…a new study…found that the more money (in total and as a share of total college costs) that parents provide for higher education, the lower the grades their children earn. The findings — particularly…
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Rat — the voice of a generation.
Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis, January 17, 2013 Via @GoComics
At its heart, Pearls Before Swine is the comic strip tale of two friends: an arrogant Rat who thinks he knows it all and a slow-witted Pig who doesn’t know any better. Together, this pair offers caust…
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This is actually helpful to me.
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Heh.
MAINLINE/REFORMED-FROM-BIRTH CONGREGANT ATTENDS A PENTECOSTAL REVIVAL FOR THE FIRST TIME
MAINLINE/REFORMED-FROM-BIRTH CONGREGANT ATTENDS A PENTECOSTAL REVIVAL FOR THE FIRST TIME
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Sometimes it feels like this trying to get a meeting with a student. 😉
Dilbert comic strip for 01/22/2013 from the official Dilbert comic strips archive.
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This is a very interesting analysis of Citizens United.
**Edit** So I guess it’s not as unpopular as I thought it would be >_> Thank you for the reddit gold! For those of you who want a TLDR, I’m *really…
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This reminds me of some articles I read back in school about epistemology. The mouseover text on this one is particularly illuminating.
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This story made me chortle — Judge: “You took the Lord’s money.… ‘Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord,’ but every now and then I think the judicial system has to contribute what it can.”
Supreme Court Denies Church Robbers’ Appeal of ‘Vengeance Is Mine’ Judge: Judge:
At Christianity Today, we’re constantly tracking important developments in the church and the world. Often we use our network of reporters around the world (and for that, visit our main site). But we …
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I’m not sharing this because of the topic or the author’s point of view. Instead, he made a fascinating observation: “How much free speech do we have? It depends on the medium. Maybe the sequence from less to more censored is: 1. Conversation. 2. Email and other private writing. 3. Blog post. 4. Poorly-written book. 5. Article in minor magazine. 6. Well-written book. 7. Article in prestigious magazine. 8. Textbook. From one step to the next (e.g., from conversation to email), views become less diverse.” I am not sure I buy the middle points of his continuum (although maybe he means by “well-written book” something more like “controversial book written by someone otherwise culturally respectable”).
Seth’s Blog » Blog Archive » “The Most Influential Tree in the World”
When the figures were published the extraordinary lack of data underlying the blade of the Yamal hockey stick caused a minor sensation. In fact the high point at the end of the graph was shown to have…