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The Education Bubble
Talk of the---and I mean the---education bubble is everywhere. But nowhere is it more succinctly or beautifully demonstrated than in a picture created by Mark Perry of the American Enterprise…
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Skip Class Calculator Makes The News
I was saving this for another Conversation With Myself, to show that there are too many kids in school. But it's more appropriate as a lead-in to another story about…
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Company Stock And Bond Ratings: Skill and Influential Forecasts
If I tell you that it's not going to rain tomorrow, and it doesn't, then I have given you a successful forecast. If I repeat this success a few times,…
Posted inFun
No Labor Today
No bad jokes, no misspellings or other typos, no mysterious themes, no controversies, no ponderous sentences, no imponderables, no nothing. No labor on Labor Day. See everybody tomorrow.
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Obama Approval Rating By Religion
Mormons, according to the pollsters Gallup, are more dissatisfied with Mr Obama than are any other group of folk. And not only that: Mormons' dissatisfaction is dropping faster than is…
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Stephen Hawking vs. God
Everybody knows the following story: At one time, long ago, most or all people believed that when a tree branch fell and caused damage that a god or other spiritual…
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How Steve Jobs Will Destroy Civilization
September 1, 2012 Steve Jobs unveils the Apple TV, a device which allows "consumers" to relieve themselves of the burden of owning movies and television shows. Previously, if people wanted…
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InterAcademy Council Rebukes IPCC: Pachauri To Resign?
You'll have heard that the InterAcademy Council had a look-see at the inner workings of the IPCC (more on that below). This council, previously unknown to civilization, is, as the…
