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Monday, April 26, 2004
Nicholas Kristof of the NY Times has an excellent editorial about the lack of tolerance of many liberals to Christians. He's entirely right. It's funny how two factions that both preach acceptance and tolerance have such difficulty accepting and tolerating each other.
¶ 720 Posted at 12.07 PM ⇒ No Comments ( politics | articles ) Monday, May 10, 2004
A fascinating article on slot machines. I've probably played the slots a half dozen times; I never saw the appeal. Maybe I have already built up a tolerance for that kind of risk/reward feedback mechanism by growing up in the age of computer games. It seemed too mechanical; give me blackjack or poker any day. Actually, hold that; I'm not planning on going into a casino until I am far less attached to my money than I am today. I can lose money on the stock market without having to fly to Las Vegas.
Thursday, September 30, 2004
Malcolm Gladwell has another article up, this one on ketchup. On a slightly related subject, Teresa Heinz Kerry doesn't actually participate at all in the management of the company and owns about 4% of the company, and its income goes to the Heinz Foundation, not to the Kerrys (source). FYI.
Monday, February 14, 2005
Has the social pressure of Valentine's Day become too much? More and more couples are breaking up on or around Valentine's Day, according to this article. As for us, we're going to be cheap-skate slackers.
Monday, March 06, 2006
The NY Times talks about young people leaving Vermont because it's boring. You know, like me. Leaving, I mean, not boring.
Friday, May 04, 2007
Another article on praise, or rather, not praising, to follow up on the one I linked in February. The short of it is, be stingy in your conditional support, and generous in your unconditional support.
Monday, January 07, 2008
Malcolm Gladwell's most recent article for the New Yorker is on race and IQ, and may be relevant to affirmative action, especially the last 3 paragraphs.
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