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Linkfest 2018-06-25

Confessions of a former immigration hawk Matthew Walter calls himself a former immigration hawk, but what he says here is fairly close to what John Reilly used to say about this. Classless Utopia versus Class Compromise This was quite good. Class is something that Americans are not good at thinking

Linkfest 2018-06-18

Perhaps Monday is the new Friday around here. Conan the Barbarian: A Review, an Analysis, and a Little Bit of a Misunderstood and Improperly Played - While Talking About the Pulps I found this reading the Conan roundup from Monday. I also rate the 1982 Milius Conan higher than Rick

Linkfest 2018-06-11

I meant to get this one out last Friday. Ah well. How we can learn from the history of protectionism It is easy to find lots of economists who are down on protectionism, but the evidence turns out to be rather mixed on exactly what its effects are. There are

Linkfest 2018-05-19: Revenge of the Stats

It has been a long since I did one of these, but they were always popular, so I'm bringing it back. In particular, it was an article by Megan McArdle in the Washington Post, "Democrats are about to have to pay up", that sent me down

Linkfest 2017-09-09

Posting has been light of late, my home PC needs a new power supply. The replacement should be here by Tuesday. When Correlation Is Not Causation, But Something Much More Screwy UCLA sociologist Gabriel Rossman explains how easy it is to fool yourself with the way you collect your data.

Linkfest 2017-08-18

Short shrift today, since we are going camping, so here is the full first episode of the new DuckTales from Disney. A 120-Year Lease on Life Outlasts Apartment Heir From 1995, but still interesting.

Linkfest 2017-08-09

Patrice O'Neal explains why Radiohead's Creep speaks to the white soul I can't argue with this. Meet Alex, the Russian Casino Hacker Who Makes Millions Targeting Slot In the grand tradition of Ed Thorp, a Russian mathematician figured out how to beat the house.