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April 30, 2010

Lies, Damn Lies, and "Race to the Top" Education 'Reform': How MA Got Screwed

Category: Education

"Massachusetts' willingness to permit the public to comment on its academic standards, combined with a few quirks in the weighting system, cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars."

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April 29, 2010

The Arc of Evolution Is Long and Rarely Bends Towards Advantageous Alleles: Why Does Popular Science Ignore Neutral Theory?

Category: Evolution

But natural selection is supposedly the theologically challenging part?

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April 28, 2010

It's Not Political Madness, but Politics of the Blood

Category: Conservatives

Like InstaPutz, I too am tempted to do horrible things if I read another post about the 'epistemic closure of the conservative mind'. Instead, I want to discuss Marc Ambinder's recent post, "Have Conservatives Gone Mad?"

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April 27, 2010

Ivins' Colleague Maintains Ivins Didn't Commit Anthrax Attacks

Category: Anthrax

The Justice Department had to rely on human profiles, and so they settled on Ivins, without really comprehending if he could have done this.

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April 26, 2010

Tuesday Links

Category: Lotsa Links

Happy Tuesday. Links for you.

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HuffPo: The Scientific Method Is Like TOTALLY Hitler. Or Something

Category: Fucking Morons

Huffington ad absurdum: the scientific method as child abuse.

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April 25, 2010

Sunday Sermon: The Teacher Tenure Edition

Category: Economics

Tenure as payment and economic incentive.

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April 24, 2010

If I Were in D.C., I Would Attend The Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In Counter Conference

Category: Economics

Deficits are important, and interesting.

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April 23, 2010

Saturday Links

Category: Lotsa Links

In case it's not sunny where you are, here are some links.

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The Banality of Health Insurance Executives

Category: Basic Human Decency

People held meetings, made Power Point presentations, wrote memos and emails, and decided after all of this considerable thought and consideration that denying legitimate, paying customers with cancer was an acceptable thing to do. Then they went home and lived a 'normal' life.

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