scienceblogs.com - 15 days ago
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Really we need the data on babies born 30 years ago, but this is still pretty stunning: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
secondgenerationradical.blogmatrix.com - 13 days ago
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Remembrance Day, 2009: What are we Remembering?
By Howard Rotberg In our current world
of cultural and moral relativism where we are supposed to believe that we should tolerate and respect every culture and every belief system equally, ...
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Remembrance Day, 2009: What are we Remembering
macromarketmusings.blogspot.com - 16 days ago
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As someone who believes that stabilizing nominal spending
rather than inflation is key to macroeconomic stability, I
have taken the liberty in the past to reframe U.S. macroeconomic history according to this perspective. Thus, I renamed (1) the " ...
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Global Nominal Spending History
volokh.com - 17 days ago
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Will take place in the Canadian House of
Commons today, at approximately 5:30 p.m., Eastern Time. Bill
C-391 is a private member’s bill (by Candice Hoeppner of Portage—Lisgar , Manitoba) to repeal Canada’s failed and extremely expensive long gun ...
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The most important right to arms vote of 2009
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In the Applied Statistics Blog this week
The Monkey Cage —
1. Understanding the ‘Russian Mortality Paradox’ in Central Asia: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
Short answer: alcohol and suicide.
2. Lumberjacks as a counterexample to the idea of a “risk premium”
They take lots of risks and don’t get paid well for it.
3. Cell size and scale
This is a visualization you won’t want to miss.
4. Three guys named Matt
5. The political philosophy of the private eye
A genre that was rendered obsolete in 1961 (but nobody ...
Endgame
Matthew Yglesias —
We will soon forget our past:
— Ezra Klein featured in overheard in DC.
— The last-minute wrangling in the House.
— What specifically does David Brooks think Obama’s moved too fast on?
— HOPE comes to congress.
— Fox & Friends contemplating second class status for Muslim soldiers, sailors, and airmen.
— “Matthew” is a very popular name.
We’re very committed to bringing you the latest in Nordic rock here, so here’s Finland’s I ...
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A History of Beer - Part 6
brusselsjournal.com 9/9/2009 — There is no particular reason why this essay came to be mainly about
beer, not wine. It’s a result of my personal preference, and perhaps indirectly
because I come from a chilly Scandinavian country where grapes are rarely grown
and where people ...
Remembrance Day, 2009: What are we Remembering
secondgenerationradical.blogmatrix.com 13 days ago —
Remembrance Day, 2009: What are
we Remembering?
By Howard Rotberg
In our current world of cultural and moral relativism where
we are supposed to believe that we should tolerate and respect every culture
and every belief system equally, ...
Jokes
commonsensewonder.blogspot.com 10/16/2009 — Reader's Digest readers vote on best U.S. joke . Here is the winner and 9 runner-ups: Winner: A Priest, a Minister and a Rabbi A priest, a minister, and a rabbi want to see who’s best at his job. So they each go into the woods, find a bear, and attempt to convert it. Later they get together. ...
Another September 11th
redstate.com 9/11/2009 — In the grand sweep of American history, the “War of 1812” seems to rank near the bottom of the list of events of possible importance. Just the name given to war seems to reflect this – naming nothing in particular to associate with that war, other ...
In Canada, a move toward a private healthcare option -
latimes.com 9/27/2009 — Reporting from Vancouver, Canada - When the pain in Christina Woodkey's legs became so severe that she could no long hike or cross-country ski, she went to her local health clinic. The Calgary, Canada, resident was told she'd need to see a hip ...
A housing bubble illustration
angrybear.blogspot.com 9/11/2009 — by Rebecca Yesterday's post on the Australian economy sparked some discussion of its housing market. I agree - Australia's bubble is large relative to that in the US (interestingly enough) and Canada. The chart illustrates the price to rent ratio in Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, the UK, ...
Canada flies NATO flag in arctic showdown
upi.com 8/20/2009 — OTTAWA, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- It has all the trappings of the Cold War except a vituperative war of words, or dark hints of Armageddon. Canada's show of military might north of its icy shores is a flag-waving exercise to assert not only Canadian ...
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