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Not their fathers’ economics
Students seeking real-world answers are questioning long-held tenets.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-weiner-youth-revolt-economics-20120411,0,6994951.story
Finally, a breath of fresh air! Economics has been subject to way too many simplifying assumptions (see here for some thoughts) for way too long. It is …
For Feds, ‘Lying’ Is a Handy Charge
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303299604577328102223038294.html
This is of course a much bigger issue than just NOAA, but I thought it interesting to emphasis that criminal laws are being uses pretty much willy nilly to prosecute people who …
The power of perceptions: Imagining the reality you want
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/11/health/enayati-power-perceptions-imagination/index.html?hpt=hp_bn12
My title isn’t meant as a rhetorical question, it _is_ possible to choose how you look at things. I am asking you directly: do you choose how you look at …
Sun’s Sibling Stars Could Host Cousins of Earth Life
http://www.space.com/15192-sun-siblings-asteroids-earth-life.html
This is, of course, nothing more than Panspermia, but it is interesting in the idea that we might have sibling solar systems (relatively) nearby that could be seeded with …
Girls Have a Math Problem: Teacher Bias
http://www.livescience.com/19552-girls-math-teachers-bias.html
If the teacher says it is so, then without a doubt it must be true! We all know how absolutely reliable teachers are and how they never, ever, make any mistakes.
According …
Study Questions Natural Gas’s Environmental Benefits .
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303815404577334013970875438.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Shockingly! it seems that converting from coal to natural gas has some unintended consequences. This, of course, is what happens when profit and politics (which are just two sides of the same …
There Is No Invisible Hand
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/04/there_is_no_invisible_hand.html
I have read a great deal about the ‘invisible hand’ of the marketplace pushing the market toward an equilibrium and the only time I can recall believing that it had any association with reality …
U.S. filmmaker repeatedly detained at border
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/08/u_s_filmmaker_repeatedly_detained_at_border/singleton/
I continue in my seemingly pointless effort to make as many people aware of the loss of Constitutional rights our government (GOP as well as Democrat) has ‘gifted’ its population. It frustrates me …
Well, the good news is we were able to finally pour the footers for the pool. The bad news is (shockingly) it was way more work than I had expected and we didn’t get the concrete poured until yesterday. In …
New York city schools want to ban ‘loaded words’ from tests
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/28/new-york-city-schools-ban-loaded-words-from-tests/?hpt=hp_bn13
In yet another instance of PC gone amok, New York city wants to ban these words from any standardized tests:
Divorce. Dinosaurs, Birthdays. Religion. Halloween. Christmas. Television.
Pretty …