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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…
I sometimes teach as an adjunct for the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, and I must confess that I hate assigning grades. This essay is a helpful reflection on the noble task of evaluation.
Grading as Truth-Telling | John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
A false balance is an abomination to Yhwh, but an accurate weight is his delight. (Proverbs 11:1). Grading papers is among the most difficult parts, and is certainly the least pleasurable part, of my …
Some news stories catch you off-guard. This one definitely surprised me.
Defining depravity downwards in Deutschland
YouTube Preview Image. Der Spiegel’s English-language bulletin reports that conservative deputies on the Agricultural Affairs committee of the Bundestag have introduced legislation banning sex with an…
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.
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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…
We hosted Anne Crossman, one of the authors of this book, on campus for a talk on maximizing the college experience. She did a great job. This should be a good Q & A.
Freakonomics » How to Get the Best out of College? Bring Your Questions
“Our argument is that most students focus on getting into college, but do not focus adequately on getting out of college. They coast, or make bad decisions, or simply fail to take full advantage of wh…
Heh: “the case for epistemic humility remains worthy of your attention.”
Both of these articles are from this evening’s New York Times: U.S. to Be World’s Top Oil Producer in 5 Years, Report Says and: Text Messaging Declines in U.S. for First Time, Report Says Fur…
Lincoln once said, “I don’t like to hear cut-and-dried sermons. No–when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.” Love the image.
Book Explores Abraham Lincoln’s ‘Battle With God’
– “Lincoln’s Battle with God: A President’s Struggle with Faith and What it Meant for America” (Thomas Nelson), by Stephen Mansfield He has previously explored the faith of Barack Obama and George W…
Paragraph 7: “When you are a professional artist, meaning that you are making a living off your work, you do learn to say good bye to your work every day. That is what it means to be making a living. A friend recently told me that this is similar to a farmer not getting too attached to animals that will be slaughtered. Not a pleasant thought, but appropriate, somehow, as the art is feeding us, and my attachment cannot be too deep either.”
Makoto Fujimura | Sandy, Golden Sea and Dillon Gallery
When I spoke at the last IAM gathering on “Culture Care,” I referred to the coming paradigm shift for the galleries of Chelsea. I painted a rather gloomy picture. Never did I imagine then the catastro…
Impressive: “A new study by Stanford University professors shows that it is vaster than perhaps anyone imagined, with 39,900 active for-profit companies that can trace their beginnings to Stanford. In addition to founding businesses, Stanford graduates have also created some 30,000 nonprofit organizations. In fact, there are so many businesses with Stanford roots that if they formed an independent country, their combined revenue of $2.7 trillion annually would make it the 10th-largest economy in the world, generating an estimated 5.4 million jobs since the 1930s…”
Stanford graduates have enormous impact
[…] there are so many businesses with Stanford roots that if they formed an independent country, their combined revenue of $2.7 trillion annually would make it the 10th-largest economy in the world,…