April 2012
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Workplace Wears: Workplace Wears Profile: Amy... →
workplacewears: Amy’s story is fascinating to me. A business school friend, Gus, who runs a web site with advice on transferring from military service to business (Check out Service2School) and graduate schools approached me about giving advice to ex-military on what to wear. When we chatted about…
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The science of civil war- What makes heroic... →
militaryscience: FOR the past decade or so, generals commanding the world’s most advanced armies have been able to rely on accurate forecasts of the outcomes of conventional battles. Given data on weather and terrain, and the combatants’ numbers, weaponry, positions, training and level of morale, computer programs such as the Tactical Numerical Deterministic Model, designed by the Dupuy...
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[Link] A (Partial) Defense of Nudity in 'Game of... →
boiledleather: There’s a not-so-hot piece on nudity in Game of Thrones that Anna Holmes wrote for the Washington Post making the rounds and — rather unfortunately, given its shallow read of the material — making an impression on smart people. So as a counterpoint, may I suggest Alyssa Rosenberg’s thoughts on the issue, originally jotted down at Holmes’s request. Killer capsule analysis of the...
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Please read this essay by my friend, Joe... →
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Sexy and i know it - bruce springsteen & jimmy... →
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disney but cool →
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American Universities Infected by Foreign Spies... →
By Daniel Golden -, bloomberg.com Michi­gan State Uni­ver­si­ty Pres­i­dent Lou Anna K. Simon con­tact­ed the Cen­tral Intel­li­gence Agency in late 2009 with an urgent ques­tion. The school’s cam­pus in Dubai need­ed a bailout and an unlike­ly sav­ior had stepped for­ward: a…
Apr 9th
Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney: Obama's call to culture... →
W.W. | IOWA CITY, economist.com PAUL RYAN, author of a con­tro­ver­sial new Repub­li­can bud­get pro­pos­al, endorsed and active­ly cam­paigned with Mitt Rom­ney in Wis­con­sin in the run-up to Mr Rom­ney’s pri­ma­ry vic­to­ry there. On Tues­day, Mr Obama lashed out vehe­ment­ly…
Apr 6th
Asset forfeiture: Take my stuff, please →
J.F | ATLANTA, economist.com IN 2010 fed­er­al pros­e­cu­tors seized near­ly $2 bil­lion in for­feit­ed assets—that is, prop­er­ty deemed to be used in or derived from a crime. That is more than six times the amount seized just 21 years ear­li­er. A 2010 report by the Insti­t…
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What was your first book crush? →
Rob Beschizza, boingboing.net What books do you cringe at hav­ing loved? Nadia Chaud­hury col­lects the teen-age lit­er­ary crush­es of 30 pop­u­lar writ­ers. The feelings are so strong and obsessive. The books seem smart, sophisticated, cool; the characters in them say and … So many mentioned are books I too read during my teens
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