Archive for the ‘Most Interesting’ Category
Mr. Longchamp:
If you truly believe that 80% of American Muslims are moderates, then you are very naive and greatly misled. A Muslim is by definition of an alcoholic a person who obeys the Quran, follows Muhammad, and obeys shariah law and all three of these require a Muslim to conduct jihad, the struggle. Since a Muslim is to use swords to further the cause Read More
Yes, Pujols makes the Cardinals worth more today, but what happens to the team's value after his retirement? Say he accepts $70 million in salary and $70 million in ownership interest on a four year contract (if he could find an owner to accept such dilution). When he leaves the team, the value of the ownership interest may well be lower than today, perhaps Read More
In addition of course to the City and taxpayers shortchanged because they pay Jaffin a full time job salary but only get maybe 20 or 30 hours of her full dedication in return. In her own admission she performs 20 to 30 hours of overtime, which, unless she worked 14 hours per day, is impossible unless she carves the time off from her day job. Not to mention Read More
Chris: I have two sons - one had no interest in schooling, the other was a natural; yes, it's hard, and made harder by the 'community effect' of most parents not being serious about their children's education.
Carrie: So you want to generalize from the exceptional Richard Feynman? I don't think I've ever seen a quality study on education that failed to find Read More
Loc, I agree entirely. These posts draw a line between social effects of eating disorders and the heavy pressure exerted by chinese parents when, in fact, such a correlation is far from being proven.
Any intellectually honest person will see that those social and behavioral disorders are much more varied, much more severe, and more common in western culture.
Oooo, Read More
Of course Elizabeth Gilbert has a pre-nup for her second marriage: I'm sure her new husband insisted on it. Why? What kind of man would marry a woman whose livelihood and professional prospects were inversely related to the stability and happiness of her marriage? Am I the only one who sees the incredible interpersonal conflict of a interest in a man entering Read More
@ George,
Regardless where one falls on whether we should have entered Irag or Afghanistan, Obama has not just inherited these wars, he has voluntarily and actively expanded their scope and/or length at various points in his presidency. He has also invaded and/or attacked Pakistan, Somalia, and Libya. He has also claimed he can start and run any war without Read More
@ Richard:
And that's why Obama jumped the auto unions over the heads causes of domestic violence the bondholders in the GM case,which went broke trying to function under the stupid work rules, pension promises etc, conceded to the unions over the years. They intimidate and threaten to get what they want and no one says boo, those are not legitimate means. Read More
The press should have an adversarial relationship with our elected signs of a bad relationshipficials. Fox obviously has that relationship with the Obama White House. Obama takes too much offense at this, and should respectfully answer his critics with facts supporting his position. Frank and other liberal members of the media would not like to be treated Read More
This article correctly points out a problem in the reporting of this study but focusses on the wrong issue - the how to measure stress of central tendency used (median). The more significant question is the reliability of the major new measurement used - an estimate of the amount of beta amyloid present in the blood during life. If the raters can't agree on Read More