My main beef with other libertarians is that so many of us (them?) seem to place a disproportionate emphasis on individualism in the sense that they see their own success as being the result of either their unique skills and / or talents and the failure of others as being the result of their respective lack of effort and “natural-born” abilities. Read more »
I’m supposed to do some work, but my thoughts are jumping around the world. The weather outside is frightful: after an Easter week-end with temperatures of 10 C and over, today we’re close to 0, it’s snowing and the wind is pushing the window toward me. And I’m thinking of a woman. Maybe more.. Read more »
Understanding religion is tough even for those who were lucky enough to receive a non-abusive education. Navigating the numerous inadequacies and misunderstandings that surround this subject is a multidisciplinary endeavour, involving psychology, history, economics and to a certain extent, religion. Read more »
A friend of mine has recently mentioned Prof Woessmann in a blog article. I was looking at the article she mentioned and then it dawned on my that I might as well try to present these articles in a way that is easier to access. Read more »
Psychology Today is a source of some truly great articles on polyamory. Understanding why some people prefer this lifestyle while others are hurt by the very thought of its existence is, perhaps, the key to its greater acceptance. Read more »
The world offers many stellar examples to countries and / or nations that want to plan their development. Chief among them are the Scandinavian countries. We'll take a look at Finland. Read more »
There's a lot to say on this subject, but for the moment, I would rather mention only the recent CTV documentary "The Decline in Civility". Read more »
I recently watched TED ny lecture where Jeff Jarvis, a Professor of Entrepreneurial Journalism talks about how the best lectures (MIT open courseware and others) are already online, so educators need to become curators and complementary to online content and also to involve their audience to a much greater degree. Read more »
The latest round of spy stories - more specifically, the Iranian nuclear scientist who oscillated between being abducted and being a defector - reminds me of an old episode from the Roman - Persian war. Read more »
Economists don't have a reputation for being exceedingly sexy. They weren't perceived as funny either, but not long ago a "stand-up economist" popped up. Here we're looking at two studies where economists try to figure marital bliss. Read more »
#malcgladwell, the famous author of What the Dog Saw & Other Adventures
We hear more and more about idiotic teachers who join in with idiotic law enforcement to replace student beatings with "lawful arrests". Recently, NYPD arrested and detained a 12 y o girl for doodling.
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With the Oscars approaching, we decided to make a list of the movies nominated, including their IMDB ratings and Amazon links. Read more »
It is extremely difficult to pay your respects to an author whose book you haven't read. None of us has read catcher in the rye
Some teachers (well, a Prof in this case) love their job. And it shows! Since that's scary, we show it back to you! Happy Halloween! Read more »
On the wings of a new study that found a genetic background to some people's early sexual start, we decided to look at how the Brits and “United Statesians” cope with their prudishness, their Victorian and Elisabethan traditions and not in the least, the pressures of having the teenage population most prone to binge drinking and to pregnancies. Read more »
