Gray. Rainy. Links. Science:
You can't be a fan of SF and lament the rise of ebooks
The Meaning of Mastodon Tusks
When journalists do primary research
Other:
Stop Waiting for a Savior
The Deficit Debate is Deception Drivel
Peter Orszag Can Defuse Complaints About His Giant Wall Street Payday By Giving The Money Away
Ikea's U.S. factory churns out unhappy workers
Why College Students Are Losing Their Religion (I always thought Freisdorf's explanation was widely accepted among Jews; odd that Prager thinks otherwise)
Why Progressives Keep On Losing and the Right Keeps On Winning
Civil War was about slavery, nothing more
Graph of the week: number of Americans receiving food stamps
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I'm a bit late to this story, but, if you missed it, the LA Times had a superb article about how IKEA treats and pays workers at its U.S. facilities much worse than at its Swedish factories:
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That "Graph of the week" is a prime candidate for a "How to Lie with Statistics" piece: showing a jump from 25M to 44M by setting the baseline at 24M makes what's less than a doubling appear more like a twentyfold increase.
The trend, and the human realities it reflects, is bad enough, but the presentation is exactly the sort of manipulative dishonesty we expect from Murdoch minions.