Heh: “Do you trust a lawyer whose job description involves manipulating the truth? Or do you trust the free press whose mission is to bring you accurate and useful news? I’m going with the lawyer on this one.”

Scott Adams Blog: The Shirtless FBI Guy 11/15/2012

The Official Dilbert Website featuring Scott Adams Dilbert strips, animation, mashups and more starring Dilbert, Dogbert, Wally, The Pointy Haired Boss, Alice, Asok, Dogbert’s New Ruling Class and mor…

I don’t know much about Mark Cuban, but I almost always find his analyses insightful.

Facebook Needs To Accept That It’s Just A Time Waster

Don’t mess with what works.

This makes me absurdly happy.

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What he said.

Did Jesus Turn Water into Wine or Grape Juice?

The issue of alcohol and the Christian is an incredibly volatile subject causing great division and stern judgments on both sides. I have been deeply affected by this issue myself, as I have many f.…..

So much truth in just three panels…

Dilbert comic strip for 11/22/2012 from the official Dilbert comic strips archive.

The Official Dilbert Website featuring Scott Adams Dilbert strips, animation, mashups and more starring Dilbert, Dogbert, Wally, The Pointy Haired Boss, Alice, Asok, Dogbert’s New Ruling Class and mor…

This is a good explanation. If you are a Christian considering ministry, this is worth reflecting upon.

Why Go to Seminary?

A seminary’s most important task is to pass on sound doctrine to the next generation of pastors for the benefit of the churches. A seminary’s most important task is to pass on sound doctrine to the ne…

This could substitute for RA training on a lot of campuses…

Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis, November 27, 2012 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…

Interesting. This is a complicated question to investigate — I look forward to seeing more research.

Freakonomics » What Happens When You Get Rid of Affirmative Action?

Proposition 209 banned using racial preferences in admissions at California’s public colleges. We analyze unique data for all applicants and enrollees within the University of California (UC) system b…

That there is a strong correlation makes intuitive sense to me, although I would not have pegged it as the strongest predictor.

Sentences to ponder

Stunningly, the postponement of marriage and parenting — the factors that shrink the birth rate — is the very best predictor of a person’s politics in the United States, over even income and educat.…..

While I am glad things are (apparently) better than we had believed, I am agog that NO ONE NOTICED. Wow.

Ghana “fact” of the day

Two years ago Ghana’s statistical service announced it was revising its GDP estimates upwards by over 60%, suggesting that in the previous estimates about US$13bn worth’s of economic ac…