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On the popularity of introductory economics vs. introductory
On the popularity of introductory economics vs. introductory computer science ... and why some pilots prefer Boeing aircraft to Airbus aircraft. I re...

Rolling Stone gives the new U2 album five stars. RS hardly ever
Rolling Stone gives the new U2 album five stars. RS hardly ever does that. Theres a real set of mixed reviews on it. (Metacritc collects 28 reviews of...

Important information. Maybe before you have a conversation about
Important information. Maybe before you have a conversation about whats wrong with the American health care system, a little information might lead to...

Im thinking a lot about how nations stumble into wars. This new
Im thinking a lot about how nations stumble into wars. This new game, Making History: The Great War allows you to look back and test ideas and be expo...

Two items, in particular, have caused geek-friendly authors to
Two items, in particular, have caused geek-friendly authors to post increasingly irritated missives about being bothered. One task requires asking a p...

To make room for labs, some libraries are clearing out their print
To make room for labs, some libraries are clearing out their print inventory. In Tennessee, nearly a third of the Chattanooga Public Librarys print co...

For better or worse, I think that this is coming. Eli Noam, a
For better or worse, I think that this is coming. Eli Noam, a professor of economics and finance at Columbia Business School, believes that such a pr...

Beautiful and powerful writing about the ugly parts--neighborhoods
Beautiful and powerful writing about the ugly parts--neighborhoods and human--of Baltimore. My experience at Johns Hopkins, where I finished my Mas...