Get Congress Out of the Classroom
3rd October 2007
Read it. Hear, hear.
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Archive for October, 2007
Pentagon observes Muslim holy month
3rd October 2007
Read it. So far has the rot advanced.
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Scott Adams on the Economic Way of Thinking
2nd October 2007
Read it. Dilbert would recognize it.
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Putting the P in PMC
2nd October 2007
Read it. Mercenaries rock.
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For the Yachting Class, the Latest Amenity Can Take Flight
2nd October 2007
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Suddenly Everyone Wants An Online Office Suite
2nd October 2007
Read it. I use Google’s. The Web is good enough for me.
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Cradle of Civilization
2nd October 2007
Read it. Got milk? Congratulations, you’re part of the master race.
Every wonder why the lactose-tolerant rule the world? It’s all right here, baby.
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’00s Nostalgia
2nd October 2007
Watch it. Say what you will about Apple, they do a dynamite commercial.
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The Future of News
2nd October 2007
Jeremy Wagstaff reflects on his profession.
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Purdue’s carbon nanotubes could trump heat sinks
2nd October 2007
Read it. Nanotubes are becoming more and more useful.
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Pinker’s almer mater
2nd October 2007
Read it. And laugh.
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Scientists Are Making Brazil’s Savannah Bloom
2nd October 2007
Read it. But what about the rain forest?
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Private Fire Prevention
2nd October 2007
Read it. Libertarianism works. If government goods and services were dependable, there wouldn’t be all these private security companies around.
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Large Genetic Component To How People Play Economic Game
2nd October 2007
Read it. I expect any day now to see a headline “Large Genetic Component to Invincible Ignorance”.
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The Experimenter
1st October 2007
Read it. An economist who checks theory against the real world. How did that happen? Well, he’s at Harvard — they’ll soon beat that out of him.
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Trigger-Happy Journalists
1st October 2007
Read it. And don’t forget the shoot-from-the-lip functionaries.
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The myth of Mars and Venus
1st October 2007
Read it. And probably the book, too; I plan to.
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The Five Sorry Rules of Lateness
1st October 2007
Read it. Here’s a taste of why:
Incompetent people believe they are busy, but they are just inefficient.
There’s an eternal truth for you.
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Who killed the grown-up?
1st October 2007
Read it. Probably George W Bush.
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UCLA violates California’s ban on racial discrimination
1st October 2007
Read it. What a surprise. Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.
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In a Land of Homemade Names, Tiffany Doesn’t Cut It
1st October 2007
Read it. Of course, Tiffany is a medieval name indicating that a girl was born on the feast of the Theophany, January 6. Even when journalists have a good point, they manage to step in it.
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Why Fred Thompson Will Win
1st October 2007
Read it. Go, Fred.
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