Paul Krugman: I was startled last week when Mr. Obama, in an interview with Bloomberg News, questioned the case for limiting financial-sector pay: “Why is it,” he asked, “that we’re going to cap executive compensation for Wall Street bankers but … Continue reading →

So how well do incentives work?

One thousand years later, beer is still excellent and the song is still fantastic. Continue reading →

I have been a Rhapsody subscriber for several years. The service they provide is fantastic: Think of a song. Any song. Play it. I suspect that people who suggest “try Pandora” (and there are many of you) probably don’t get … Continue reading →

There a tiny storm in my corner of the interwebs. Bob Wright wrote a book – The Evolution of God – and Jerry Coyne wrote a review trashing it. Then Coyne and Jim Manzi got into a blogs ‘n’ handbags … Continue reading →

It’s because you have a crazy, mixed up view of what women are supposed to look like. (sizes are UK sizes which are different from american sizes) Results of a survey by Fabulous Magazine