February 2012
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January 2012
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John Tyler's Grandsons Are Still Alive!
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Born in 1790, John Tyler was our 10th President. He took office in 1841 after William Henry Harrison died. And he has two living grandchildren!
Not great-great-great-grandchildren. Their dad was Tyler’s son.
How is this possible? The Tyler men have a habit of having kids very late in life. Lyon Gardiner Tyler, one President Tyler’s 15 kids, was born in 1853. He fathered Lyon...
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“A quick rule of thumb is that when someone seems to be acting like a jerk, an...”
– Econ debate about prices at a fancy restaurant « Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science (via felixsalmon)
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December 2011
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“At the raucous, two-hour closed-door meeting, House Republicans compared...”
– House Republicans intent on killing Senate payroll tax cut deal
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November 2011
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Michelle Dean: So the other day when all this... →
michelledean:
My working theory, and one I’d be happy to amend provided with the right evidence, is that the particular weird competitiveness that most team sports elicits in its fans (and even its players) is ultimately kind of destructive. I mean that seriously.
I think you sell this theory short! American politics is totally an us-vs.-them affair that owes a lot to sports fandom. (It would of...
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October 2011
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