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Friends, not policies, win elections - Physics World - physicsworld.com I am shocked-- shocked!-- to learn that voters don't always elect the candidate woth the best policies. (tags: politics physics stupid journals) C. Sample Citation and Introduction to Citing Blogs For those times when you…
outside the (toy) box » Little Man. Watching My Son's Socialization. or "Gender - it's wicked constructed" Gender socialization through toys. (tags: gender society toys) Giro.org » The Big Scary Idea A modest proposal for bringing the SF magazines into the Century of the Fruitbat (tags: books…
Crooked Timber » » Political science and economics High-level discussion of the economics Nobel (tags: Nobel economics politics academia) Mixing Memory : Women in Math, Science, and Engineering: Is It About the Numbers (And Not the Ones You Might Think)? Notes on the science of "social…
E Y E W E A R: The Failure of Interest In Poetry In Our Time Today's nominee for Pompous Ass Comment of the Year: "The fact that poetry does not interest most people suggests most people are no longer interesting." (tags: academia culture poetry literature books) Christmas with Christopher…