This reminds me of an observation someone made a few months ago, “The problem we have is that one party is dangerous and the other is stupid.”

Liberals according to conservatives, conservatives according to liberals

A 2006 CBS News surveys asked people who said they were conservative a few questions about liberals and asked people who said they were liberals the same questions about conservatives (people who said… 

The economic debacle seems very simple at one level — but it seems that I am regularly learning new facts that illustrate just how complex it all was.

David Henderson reviews the new Alan Blinder book

The review is here, here is one interesting paragraph: Mr. Blinder omits a crucial fact about Lehman, one that, by itself, explains why the huge drop in value of Lehman’s mortgage-backed securities le… 

I think I will file this one under “Common-sense observation by a judge.” In related news, see http://i.imgur.com/RtLy8.jpg

Amid Flu Shot Debate, Court Says Veganism Could Qualify as Religious Belief: Court refuses to dismiss hospital worker’s religious discrimination case after she was fired for refusing a flu shot.

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 … 

This is solid. Which, you know, is what you ought to expect from D.A. Carson.

You Asked: How Do We Know if God Is Disciplining Us?

Easy, formulaic answers to questions of suffering are invariably reductionistic — and they make bad theology, too.Easy, formulaic answers to questions of suffering are invariably reductionistic — and … 

Sometimes it feels like this trying to get a meeting with a student. 😉

Dilbert comic strip for 01/22/2013 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… 

I’m not sharing this because of the topic or the author’s point of view. Instead, he made a fascinating observation: “How much free speech do we have? It depends on the medium. Maybe the sequence from less to more censored is: 1. Conversation. 2. Email and other private writing. 3. Blog post. 4. Poorly-written book. 5. Article in minor magazine. 6. Well-written book. 7. Article in prestigious magazine. 8. Textbook. From one step to the next (e.g., from conversation to email), views become less diverse.” I am not sure I buy the middle points of his continuum (although maybe he means by “well-written book” something more like “controversial book written by someone otherwise culturally respectable”).

Seth’s Blog » Blog Archive » “The Most Influential Tree in the World”

When the figures were published the extraordinary lack of data underlying the blade of the Yamal hockey stick caused a minor sensation. In fact the high point at the end of the graph was shown to have…