Sunday, January 23, 2011

Are We Still Discussing Health Care?

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Well, yes, sorry. This NPR piece on health care was interesting, relevant to a discussion we had recently. It's an interview with Atul ...
Saturday, March 13, 2010

From Groklaw, "An Explanation of Computation Theory for Lawyers"

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Groklaw, "An Explanation of Computation Theory for Lawyers," from back in late 2009: Consider the following list of statements. * ...
Tuesday, December 08, 2009

While Thinking About Climategate, Copenhagen

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Freakonomics recently had a nice article on Climategate as a Rorshach test . Original coverage here . For the record, I originally read Clim...
Friday, October 09, 2009

Are Professional Sports Diseased or Dying?

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The incomparable Wright Thompson (a fellow Mizzou alumnus), has a fascinating story on ticket prices and their effect on the social contract...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Breaking News: Boris Yeltsin was a Drunk

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If there were any questions as to why relations with Russia have become noticeably more difficult since Bill Clinton left office, it could b...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

No Such Thing as "East Coast Bias"

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One thing that is consistently brought up when critiquing the sports media is the concept of an 'East Coast Bias'. I've long he...
Thursday, September 10, 2009

Newcastle United Football Club and Relegation

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Following a team through relegation has its upside: you get to see your team win . Solid consolation. Newcastle somehow got crushed by Leyto...