Sexy time
University of Rochester professor, Slate columnist and pop-economistdujourSteven Landsburg argues in his newest book, More Sex is Safer Sex: The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics, that those among us...
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In the same vein as gethuman [previously.previously.], Bringo! is a nice free little service that helps bypass the (decreasingly) minor annoyance of automated phone answering systems (aka IVRs). Only...
View ArticleEureka Hunt
"That's why so many insights happen during warm showers."[pdf/html] A print-only print-mostly article in last week's New Yorker magazine fascinatingly describes the neurological processes behind human...
View ArticleJon and his TiVo
In a strange and incestuous twist of the space-web-time continuum, a fascinating comment about the mechanism by which The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (previOusly.) records every bit of daily news...
View ArticleCan I pay my taxes with a student loan?
After an historicnear-collapse(p), a federal bailout to the tune of $85,000,000,000, a second federal bailout to the tune of $37,800,000,000 and onehellofaparty(p), the news on A.I.G. just keeps...
View ArticleHobo Matters
There had been hobos in the United States since there had been trains and liquor. Which is to say, always.[Semi-SLYT]
View ArticleEugene and Helene Allen
"In its long history, the White House -- just note the name -- has had a complex and vexing relationship with black Americans."Anarticlethat'snotquitewhatyouthinkitis. Read to the end. Just make sure...
View Article"Whopper Sacrifice"
Burger King's (CP+B's)advertisingcampaignshavebeenfeaturedonthebluebefore. But this one takes the cakeburgerfriendship.
View Article$40bn and you get the Senate back unharmed
[A] seminal moment in the evolution of Republican obstructionism. [A] seminal moment in the history of Congress.Senate Held Hostage. America Held Hostage.Richard Shelby Shuts the Government Down.
View ArticleDid American conservationists in Africa go too far?
A fascinating piece by Jeffrey Goldberg in the New Yorker investigates the anti-poaching activities of Mark and Delia Owens in Zambia's North Luangwa National Park. Goldberg's essay focuses on the...
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