Implicit Knowledge
adminThanks to the guys over at Freaknomics, specifically Ian Ayers editorial in the Los Angeles Times by the Police Commissioner, I have found a new tool. Ayers did a study…
My daughter, the Obama Fan
About two weeks before the election, my daughter Anri and her English teacher, the best one in the school, started working on a speech contest. Anri was barred from the…
When will Showa go Co-ed?
In a recent article in the Asahi News, the trend started in America years ago is starting to affect women's universities here in Japan. A group of 5 women's universities…
Generation We, the Millenials
This is a 4-minute plea from the generation that will take over from the boomers to vote in this election. Only the oldest of this largest generation in American history…
Save yourself from shit
I really enjoy large non-fiction books about a single simple subjects. Salt, for example. Or networks. Or candy. Now one has come out about sewage. Rose George is an investigative…