Our oldest enemy
As the pseudo debate about the resources rent tax continues to vomit forth, it's striking how little we have changed even in the industrial age,...
The causes of religiosity: a natural experiment
Evolutionary psychologists have been busy proposing explanations for religiosity. Belief in transcendent conscious beings might promote survival, they argue, by instilling hope and optimism. Or...
Poll scepticism & climate change policy
A "lot of opinion polling is useless because it doesn’t understand its limitations" writes Graham Young. One of the major limitations of polling is the...
Well I couldn’t figure it out
White to play Smyslov vs Oll 29. ? See game for solution. And this is a cute game too.
Why governments should allow private businesses to discriminate on race
Courtesy of your local Republican candidate.
Doing government well
I'd be surprised if any of the recommendations in Henry generate a higher internal rate of return, greater efficiency gains per unit of effort than...
Education 2.0
This is a quick post, I'd like to make it longer but won't have the time. It's worked up from a comment on a post...