Have You Seen My Country Lately? America’s Wake-Up Call by Jerry Doyle Recommendation: Read There’s no point in accusing me, because I admit it. I picked up the book because I saw […]
Mathematicians as Comic book Superheroes
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitriou, with art by Alecos Papadatos and Annies Di Donna Bookhunter by Jason Shiga Can people learn math better […]
Podcast Radio Show #5: Independence Day!
[podcast]https://www.wmbriggs.com/audio/wmbriggs_com_21nov2008_0005.mp3[/podcast] On Today’s Show: Only 5 minutes! A brief show today, containing one Earth-shattering announcement… Big changes …As of December 1st, you, my faithful audience members, will be my official bosses! I […]
The Conservatives by Patrick Allitt
The Conservatives: Ideas and Personalities Throughout American History by Patrick Allitt Recommendation: check out from library for reference (buy here). What is a conservative? Allitt is not sure. This is odd because […]
Real Education by Charles Murray
Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America’s Schools Back to Reality by Charles Murray Recommendation: read (buy here). The word median is statistical: it is the point at which 50% of […]
10 Books To Read Before You Die
G.K. Chesterton was asked what book would he most like to have with him on a desert island. Slick as ever, he said, Thomas’s Guide to Practical Shipbuilding. And then there was […]
Fads and Fallacies in the Social Sciences by Steven Goldberg: Part IV
This article summarizes the main statistical arguments and the one logical argument used for and against Goldberg’s ideas. To be clear: I am convinced by his arguments in the main and differ […]
Fads and Fallacies in the Social Sciences by Steven Goldberg: Part III
Part I Part II If we thought the last topic was contentious, and it was, then I’m not sure how to class these items. Merely mentioning them will raise blood pressure to […]
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