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This is genius. Wow.

Seth’s Blog » Blog Archive » Tyler Cowen’s Unusual Final Exam

Tyler [Cowen] once walked into class the day of the final exam and he said. “Here is the exam. Write your own questions. Write your own answers. Harder questions and better answers get more points.” T…

I am most gratified by this decision and hope that it ripples out to other universities.

Christianity Today Liveblog: InterVarsity Re-Instated As New York University Decides Leadership Policy Is “Common Sense, Not Discrimination”

At Christianity Today, we’re constantly tracking important developments in the church and the world. Often we use our network of reporters around the world (and for that, visit our main site). But we …

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…

Osborne brings his usual wisdom — especially point 3.

SLOW DOWN – YOU MOVE TOO FAST!

Because North Coast Church has been somewhat innovative over the years and successfully made lots of changes, I’m often asked by other pastors and leaders about the best way to go about making majo.…..

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.

The bit about amnesia made me laugh out loud. Wow.

Do sleeping pills like Ambien work because of the placebo effect? — Barking up the wrong tree

Join 25K+ subscribers. No spam, ever. Enter your email here: Sleeping pills on average only make people fall asleep 12 minutes faster and sleep 11 minutes longer during the night. The placebo effect m…

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…

Wow.

Freakonomics » Speaking Ill of the Dead Apparently Okay if the Dead Worked for Chick-fil‑A

Sysco is the latest food giant—it’s the largest food distributor in the country—to come out against gestation crate confinement of pigs. The National Pork Producers Council’s communications director w…

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” …

Lolo wound up placing 4th. I wish she had won a medal. 

Lolo Jones can’t be sexy, Christian and a hurdler » GetReligion

Some readers sent in a recent piece from Salon, which (for those who stopped reading it back in the 1990s) bills itself as “the leading progressive news site, combining award-winning commentary and re…