Author: Glen

When I tell stu­dents that there are objec­tive and prac­ti­cal ben­e­fits to faith they seem sur­prised. But that’s the nature of truth — when you make choic­es based upon real­i­ty, those choic­es tend to work out better. 

What can we all learn from reli­gion — whether we believe or not? — Bark­ing up the wrong tree

Bark­ing up the wrong tree. I want to under­stand why we do what we do and use the answers to be awe­some at life. About. Eric Bark­er; First vis­it? Start here. Bakadesuyo.com is proud to be list­ed on blo…

The mouseover text on this XKCD is fab­u­lous.

xkcd: Star Rat­ings

< Prev · Ran­dom; Next >; >|. Per­ma­nent link to this com­ic: http://xkcd.com/1098/ Image URL (for hotlinking/embedding): http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/star_ratings.png. Select­ed Comics. Search co…

I love the idea of a din­ner for the top tax­pay­ers. That’s bril­liant. If dona­tions buy access, then why not tax­es?

Sen­tences to pon­der

…I find it remark­able that I have yet to receive a thank you note for pay­ing my tax­es. When I fill out my tax­es, I notice that even receipts for $25 dona­tions have thank you notes attached. But for t…

Very inter­est­ing — and con­trary to what you nor­mal­ly hear. Be sure to read the pieces linked to in the adden­dum.

Racism by Polit­i­cal Par­ty

It is unde­ni­ably the case that racist Amer­i­cans are almost entire­ly in one polit­i­cal coali­tion and not the oth­er. Chris Hayes, Up w/ Chris Hayes, August 18, 2012. Here is data ask­ing whites the quest…

It is dif­fi­cult to over­state my pes­simism about the tra­jec­to­ry of Chi­na’s econ­o­my.…  I hope I am wrong but I deeply fear anoth­er big blow to the glob­al finan­cial sys­tem. Google for “Chi­nese Ghost Cities” to have your socks scared off.

To the point (Aus­tro-Chi­nese busi­ness cycle the­o­ry)

“There is per­sua­sive evi­dence to con­clude that the Chi­nese econ­o­my is actu­al­ly grow­ing at just 4 or 5 per cent right now based on a com­pos­ite of oth­er indicators,” says Patrick Chovanec, a busi­ness pr…

Inter­est­ing way to think about it.

Does new infor­ma­tion slow down your life?

From William Reville, here is a spec­u­la­tion: Final­ly, here is a “guaranteed” way to length­en your life. Child­hood hol­i­days seem to last for­ev­er, but as you grow old­er time seems to accel­er­ate. “Time” …

Yet anoth­er rea­son to view divorce (and the soci­etal sys­tems that make it easy) neg­a­tive­ly. Mar­riage mat­ters.

What’s the sin­gle strongest pre­dic­tor you will die an ear­ly death? — Bark­ing up the wrong tree

Bark­ing up the wrong tree. I want to under­stand why we do what we do and use the answers to be awe­some at life. About. Eric Bark­er; First vis­it? Start here. Bakadesuyo.com is proud to be list­ed on blo…

The grow­ing dis­con­nect between those who make deci­sions about the use of mil­i­tary force and those who are called upon to ful­fill their deci­sions has been dis­turb­ing me for a while. But this fact caught me off guard.

Tweets to pon­der

Also: no mil­i­tary ser­vice among either prez/VP nom­i­nees, Sco­tus jus­tices, Sen­ate leader and (save 8 weeks) House speak­er. That thought has a lega­cy through David Leon­hardt and Sarah Wilcox.

Wait. What? I need more infor­ma­tion.

Is less vio­lent TV and more edu­ca­tion­al TV the answer to bet­ter behaved kids? — Bark­ing up the wrong tree

Join 25K+ sub­scribers. No spam, ever. Enter your email here: No. Edu­ca­tion­al TV increased phys­i­cal aggres­sion at school almost as much as vio­lent TV. And the more edu­ca­tion­al TV a kid watched, the cru…