Again note the date: Google Gulp At Google our mission is to organize the world’s information and make it useful and accessible to our users. But any piece of information’s usefulness derives, to a depressing degree, from the cognitive ability of the user who’s using it. That’s why we’re pleased to announce Google Gulp (BETA)â„¢ […]

Amazon.com recommended that I subscribe to: Comprehensive Database of US Chemical Patents at a cost of only $74,235.24. I’m guessing this is because I added the $20,000 Tank to my wish list. Or maybe it has something to do with the date.

Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution has a post discussing Plagiarism in economics. He notes a relatively high incidence of plagiarism and a support by journal editors for a professional code of ethics for economists. He goes on to cite his personal experience… In each case the plagiarist took an unpublished paper and improved upon my […]

Kim du Toit’s Daily Rant makes a lot of sense to me. The Englishman reminds my American Readers just why it is unwise to confront Brits in their place of business after lunch: “My dear boy – in England some of us still have a drink or two at lunch even on a working day. […]

The joke is over. The dream is dead. It’s like going down on the good ship Reuben James. Revelation 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, […]

The New York Times > Washington > Labor Dept. to Investigate Its Treatment of Wal-Mart The inspector general’s decision comes after lawmakers and children’s advocacy groups criticized the department’s settlement of child labor complaints against 24 Wal-Mart stores in Connecticut, New Hampshire and Arkansas. Without admitting any wrongdoing, Wal-Mart agreed to pay $135,540 to settle […]