I, working with Cambria Consulting (see below), was involved heavily creating the WSJ’s Top 25 College rankings which are in today’s papers. All questions on the methods, I defer to them. College, […]
Global Competitiveness Report: World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum has released their 2010-2011 rankings of Global Competitiveness, a subject matter so important that it rates Capital Letters to introduce. For each country, the economists from the WEF […]
Florida Pastor Won’t Burn Quran: Prediction—Late Posting!
I wrote this Wednesday night, and only learned of Jones’s reversal early Friday morning. Since it is now too late to write anything new, I give you my prediction, which was verified […]
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 Institute. It […]
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 the Skip […]
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 to possess […]
Too Many Kids Go To College: A Conversation With Myself
This is the first of many conversations I’ll be having with myself this semester on this subject. William Say, Matt. I heard you were teaching this semester. Where? Matt At a place […]
Ground Zero Mosque vs Baghdad Christian Church?
Its proposed location isn’t precisely “ground zero” and it isn’t exactly a mosque. Its meant to be a few blocks away and is designated a “cultural center.” Sharif El-Gamal wants to tear […]
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