Values: [V1] How monogamy became normal. [V1] Americans are becoming less religious, while lamenting the fact that we’re becoming less religious. Here’s a map of the world’s atheists. [V2] David Freedman thinks we might be able to tackle obesity by… Continue Reading
World Economy: [WE1] In investigating why America can’t be Sweden, Thomas Edsall lays down the case that in globalism, we’re sacrificing our poor for our wealthy and the wealthy and poor abroad, and that may just be how it has… Continue Reading
Family: [F1] How motherhood is changing. [F2] Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has taken a lot of bad publicity for her “family-unfriendly” anti-telecommuting policy, but according to Nanette Fondas, her paternity leave policy is revolutionary. [F3] Sean Reardon writes about the… Continue Reading
Future: [F2] A green building that eats smog. [F3] Glenn Reynolds wants to know who has the mineral rites… on an asteroid? [F4] Science fiction notoriously gets it wrong much of the time, so it’s noteworthy when science fiction gets… Continue Reading
Technology: [T1] The Economist looks at the costs and benefits of air conditioning. If you read only one of these links, this is probably the one I would recommend. [T2] This is made more interesting as my smartphone word-predict tries… Continue Reading
International: [I1] Fans of the movie Spaceballs will appreciate this. [I2] The residential property in the ten most expensive London boroughs is now worth as much as all the housing in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland combined…” [I3] According to… Continue Reading
[A] The University of Phoenix’s accreditation is under review. Also, Grand Canyon University is joining the Western Athletic Conference, becoming the first for-profit school in NCAA Division I sports. [B] The land of foreclosures has opened up a market for… Continue Reading
Items now have letters affixed to them for easy referencing in the comment section. I’m also citing the site of the article to help people avoid blowing one of a limited number of payviews for an article they are only… Continue Reading
(A) This is old news, I guess, but I found Angus Jones’s comments about Two and a Half Men (which he sorta retracted) to be… well… accurate. But it’s entertaining filth. Anyhow, I don’t know that his apology will help… Continue Reading
So… I spend a lot of time collecting links. They end up over at Hit Coffee in the form of “Linkluster” posts. I’ve been debating whether or not to post them over here. There are some divergent interests between here… Continue Reading