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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 He goes on to cite his personal experience… In each case the plagiarist took an unpublished paper and improved upon my […]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 […]

Is it just me or is this another case of journalists who don’t know that it’s only news if a Man Bites a Dog? Bush may have smoked pot President Bush indicated in interviews secretly taped by a friend before he became president that he had used marijuana but would not admit it for fear […]

Remarks of the Secretary of State at State Dept. African American History Month Celebration Here’s an excerpt, the whole thing is worth reading. So black Americans, African Americans, have always depended on faith and family and education. In the most hostile times, in the most difficult times, that’s what saw us through. But something else […]