Posts from ‘October, 2007’

I’ve been struggling with this recently.

Meghan McArdle discussing why school voucher programs are superior to government-run public schools, and Dan Shanoff discussing the ideal 128-school BCS playoff. Imagine, you could have Notre Dame vs. Boston College in the 1st round… Imagine too if teams get to split the revenue from games down the middle, it would help out the small [...]

A shibboleth is a word used to test and recognize foreigners by using a sound that would be difficult for some people to pronounce.

Unlocking has the potential to cost them $130 million in revenue from AT&T. Unless of course it can also sign a deal with T-Mobile.

A key example is found here. This feels to me like it is a made up couple. This all goes to show how greedy businesses are driving people bankrupt by charging outrageously high prices. $400 a month on Starbucks? The government needs to step in and help out victims like this poor family.

Read this article by Fareed Zakaria. Seymour Hersh predicted this back in April of 2006. We laughed then. 68% of Americans oppose a military attack against Iran. You are crying wolf now, Mr. Bush. The Iraq war has cost $1,300 per American, and we have nothing to show for it.

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“Nothing cures a broken heart like an ex with a stupid haircut.”

Freakonomics interview with Phillippe Legrain about immigration.

I’ve been fascinated recently by conkers. Check out this video, which is really random and you probably won’t think it’s funny at all but I think it’s hilarious. [youtube="http://youtube.com/watch?v=C20DAMVvrN8"]