The Polls, the Press, and All the Ways the Information Loop Goes Wrong
The Polling frenzy In the wake of the Democratic Party changing candidates there has been a frenzy of polls and press releases on the pol...
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Education can't solve economic inequality When my guru forwarded Nick Hanauer 's article in The Atlantic , " Better Schools W... -
Tense versus aspect Some languages do not have verb tenses. The English language has only one tense: the simple past tense, also known ... -
Money isn't just pixel dust! In an earlier post I described money as “pixel dust.” I was being cute—way too cute! Sometimes an analo... -
"I might've fallen for that when I was fourteen and a little more green But it's amazing what a couple of years can mean ... -
What kind of underdogs? Pit bulls, I hope. I read Malcolm Gladwell’s David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giant... -
To Owe Is to Own Do you remember this line: “So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called, / Retain that dear perfection which he owes / W... -
Why is blackface wrong? Blackface is wrong. But it's not prima facia , at-face-value wrong. (The pun is intended and meaningful.)... -
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Surfing on Youtube this week I was struck to discover that a dozen years after the disappearance of Malaysian flight 370 (8 March 2014), a ... -
Profit versus regulation In Economics for the Common Good , Noble laureate Jean Tirole describes the efficient and effective running of t... -
Quebec Leads the way We Anglo square-heads from the ROC (Rest of Canada) tend to be very slow to acknowledge Quebec's leadership. Sti...