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What a stunning example of media bias. As far as I can tell, it is completely unconscious. I believe the first way to frame the story never even crossed the mind of the reporter or the editor.
MSM’s upside-down Chick-fil‑A sandwich
Chick-fil‑A has something not all that surprising to crow about. Consumer use, visits and ad awareness were all up measurably in the third quarter, at a time the chicken chain enjoyed a remarkable out…
This is a helpful insight.
Children & Dogs: More on Mark 7:24–30
One further observation about the little scene between Jesus and the Syro-Phoenician woman in Mark 7:24–30 is that the initial response ascribed to Jesus is not a derogatory reference to the woman,.…..
This is pretty cool. I never thought about it before — I guess I assumed they cut different trees in different ways.
Billion, by artist Vincent Kohler, shows the different pieces of wood derived from a log. It reminds me of the iconic butchery map
Huh.
Here is a new paper by Suzanne O’Keefe and Ta-Chen Wang: We study salaries of economics faculty at the University of California to determine how publications affect salary. We find that each publicati…
This is an interesting revision to some research that got traction a while ago, but I’m not sure what the authors think their new data positively suggests. They say Brooks was wrong, but it does seem clear that some group does give more than some other group. Who do they think this group is?
Michele Margolis and Michael Sances write: Conservatives and liberals are equally generous in their donation habits. This pattern holds at both the individual and state level, and contradicts the conv…
I’ve been trying to get my friends in ministry to believe this for years — but they frequently look at me like I’m nuts.
Young Women and Porn Use: What Does the Data Say?
Recently I gave a talk at a Christian college about the contemporary mating market, and found myself in a conversation afterward with two women students and an administrator. I had mentioned during th…
I normally think marketing stunts are pretty cheesy, but this is legit.
Rick Klau originally shared this post:
This is amazing. Hats off to Coke Zero, totally inspired idea.
Wow. This is a much stronger effect than I would have guessed.
Surnames and the laws of social mobility
Here is some new work by Gregory Clark (pdf): What is the true rate of social mobility? Modern one-generation studies suggest considerable regression to the mean for all measures of status – wealth, i…
This is well-said. Exactly what I was thinking. There are so many legitimate things to knock each candidate for that I’m always shocked at the weird things the media harps on.
“Binders Full of Women” and the Partisan Mind
Dave Croteau’s answer (linked in the text) nails it.
Is it stealing from God to split your tithe between the church and other charities? | Andy Naselli
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