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View ArticleDoc Talks: ‘Freakonomics’
If you pay a kid to do better in school, will he? Yes. Why did the crime rate drop in the ’90s? Roe v. Wade. Can a girl’s name alter her life? Yes. What sport is most like Bernie Madoff? Sumo...
View ArticleReading For All Mankind: How Soccer Makes The World a Better Place
If you didn’t watch the Women’s World Cup final last month, you missed out on more than a great match. Andrew Ladd reviews three books that explain how soccer can save society. American men always...
View ArticleShould You Need a License to Have Kids?
Does the responsibility of having children warrant state regulation? Craig Playstead is one of many who think it’s reasonable. You need a license to drive a car, pull a fish out of a lake, and marry...
View ArticleLiberals and Conservatives: Ideology over Science
What you believe should be true limits what you are willing to believe is true. This was previously published on New Plateaus. Just looking at the names: Conservative and Liberal (or Progressive), it’s...
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