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Analysis or “Analysis”
Scott Adams nails it “No, no!” said the Queen. “Sentence first–verdict afterwards.” Tip from the Instapundit. Read more
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Baby needed new shoes
Looks to me like Roger Soler’s Broadway Store is fixin’ to shut its doors. The Mrs and I dropped in yesterday afternoon; she was looking for a new set of runners to replace the ones she was wearing (comfy, but wearing out). Her only qualification was stylistic, nothing garish, since she isn’t thrilled with the Read more
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This is gonna be difficult…
…but it suggests a whole different way to teach statistics. Tip from Thnik Again! Read more
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Psych!
Jonathan Haidt stuns the audience at the annual conference of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology with a blinding glimpse of the obvious: He polled his audience at the San Antonio Convention Center, starting by asking how many considered themselves politically liberal. A sea of hands appeared, and Dr. Haidt estimated that liberals made Read more
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Texas university faculty, BOHICA!
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board wants to link universities’ performance to funding. Under the proposal, four-year institutions would be judged on bachelor’s degrees awarded, degrees earned by “at-risk students’ and degrees in “critical fields,” such as STEM and nursing. Some thumbsuckers in the Texas Faculty Association oppose the idea, saying that our miserable completion Read more
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Faster, please
Hey maybe the 21st Century will turn out OK after all: DARPA’s working on my friggin’ flying car! Tip from that unlikliest of Popular Scientists, the Instapundit. Read more
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Bert and Ernie, outed
Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. —Otto von Bismarck Those outfits are at least metrosexual. Read more
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Inappropriate…ya think?
Are these folks anything else but time-serving tax eaters? Hell, I teach at a state university, and even I think this is unethical. Imagine what my neighbors with private sector jobs must be thinking. Read more
The Random Texan 