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A nice, sunny Saturday. If you're stuck inside, and you don't feel like calling up Anita Hill and harassing her for no good reason, here are some links for you. Science: Curious controversial case of colony collapse disorder afflicting bees in U.S.Royce Murray and Caveat Emptor50 More Urban…
It appears the de facto Congressional retirement plan is spreading to the lower orders. For those who aren't familiar with the Congressional retirement plan, here's what I mean: One of the dirty secrets about many, if not most, congressmen and senators is that they like Washington, D.C., rhetoric…
Education 'reformers' constantly talk about how schools need to be run more like businesses. Now, like Comrade PhysioProf, I do think good management is important. But what does good management have to do with business? So asks David Carr (italics mine): On Wall Street and on Silicon Valley…
I'm in the process of composing my annual predictions for 2010, and as those of you who were around for my last set will know, let's just say that my number of hits won't be as high as the previous year (the previous year was weirdly correct, this one more normally imperfect). This is not a…