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Global Warming Political Enemies List
I wrote what follows for an editor who, lucky fellow that he is, has moved on to better things. So, in order not to waste these precious pearls (and to…
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A Time To Celebrate!
I am, once more, reliving my Air Force days. I am strapped into a seat designed for a midget, jetting across the Wild Blue towards the shores of Lake Michigan,…
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And The Winner Goes To…Oscar Statistics Wrap Up
Our model was right: The King's Speech won. In this weekend's Oscar Statistics post, we modeled the chances of each nominated movie. We guessed that the movie most likely to…
A Citizen’s Top Style Choices
In a hurry this morning. The Wall Street Journal ran a long interview with tailor Ethan Newton who, we learn, is moving to Hong Kong. Mazel Tov to him. After…
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Effectively destroy planet Earth as we know it
That quote is from the economist Martin Weitzman from Harvard. I said Harvard. So you know he knows what he's talking about. Reader Raven suggested we glance at Paul Krugman's…
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Which country did best in the Olympics?
(This analysis was suggested by reader Joy C., who provided a link to the medal tables.) China, even disregarding its cheating, grabbed the most gold medals (51 to the USA's…
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Start squirreling away nuts?
[Update: yes, there has been a title change. The old one was stupid.] The other day, some weather geek friends of mine and I were exchanging emails about the early…
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Stock market crash, hearing aids, F-train music, and the boom-chhh Combinatoric Theory of Finite Musical Variety
The stock market is crashing and may have even bottomed out. Naturally, people are beginning to look around for buying opportunities. I have the perfect one. Hearing aids. Any company…
