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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…
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…
How fascinating. His skepticism notwithstanding, this is a great source for sermon illustrations on David v Goliath.
The Straight Dope: Has an important battle ever been decided by single combat?
Dear Cecil: I’m currently reading Polybius’s Rise of the Roman Empire and stumbled on a quote that begs for elaboration. In book VI, Polybius offhandedly remarks, “Many Romans have volunteered to enga…
That there is a strong correlation makes intuitive sense to me, although I would not have pegged it as the strongest predictor.
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.…..
An excellent story from one of the Ph.D. candidates in my ministry.
The very first hike i went on as a Boy Scout was to Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky. We had scheduled a 12 mile course to take 5–6 hours. It was a beautiful April day, cool and bright, a gr…
While I am glad things are (apparently) better than we had believed, I am agog that NO ONE NOTICED. Wow.
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…
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.…..
This is a very disturbing post. I knew in vague terms that there were disincentives for the poor to earn more money, but this is astonishing. Color me depressed.
The whole tax debate is supremely frustrating to anyone who survived econ 1. The ill effects of taxation — the “distortions” — depend on the total, marginal rate including transfers. If I earn an ex…
This is really quite startling to think about.
All in One Little Lifetime: All Gone with the Wind
A reflection by a great 20th century journalist on the various empires and rulers he has seen rise and fall in his lifetime—and who remains standing at the end.A reflection by a great 20th century j…
My question is the first one. That’s right — I’m an internet big shot now. Feel free to tell people you knew me when.
Freakonomics » How to Get the Best out of College? Your Questions Answered
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