January 2011
20 posts
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“He is great who is not ashamed to admit he does not know.”
—Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi
Higher Taxes Wouldn’t End Some Deficits →
nytimes.com
Good article about state income taxes in the New York Times.
Best quote - “… there’s a bit of denial about how much government can provide and what it takes.”
Toronto school starts hour later and grades improve →
parentcentral.ca
Seems that this school choosing to start an hour later than usual resulted in better grades. HT @shiraabel
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“Measure wealth not by the things you have, but by the things you have for which you would not take money.”
—Unknown
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“We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another is entirely up to us. I believe that for all our imperfections, we are full of decency and goodness, and that the forces that divide us are not as strong as those that unite us.”
—Barack Obama (January 12, 2011)
Where Do All the Cabs Go in the Late Afternoon? →
nytimes.com
That feeling that New Yorkers always had about cabs disappearing in late afternoon? Well, it’s true!
Is Law School a Losing Game? →
nytimes.com
Very interesting article by David Segal about how law schools are a business unto themselves. A very profitable business at that.
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Autism Study Fraud →
nytimes.com
Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, British Medical Journal Reports
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Delta Airlines using free market in a clever manner →
networth.covestor.com
This is pretty cool. Delta is using a kind of auction system to reduce their costs of bumping people off of overbooked flights.
“The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.”
—Lady Margaret Thatcher
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“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.”
—Bertrand Russell
