According to Marginal Revolution, bumper stickers are an indicator of aggressive drivers. My wife often tells me I am an aggressive driver. While I am the first to admit that I spend a lot of time feeling irritated by other folks and their rude behavior on the road, I don’t think I’m very aggressive. I [...]

I will be running my first triathlon in August. I am 37-years-old and I figure now is as good a time as any to get started. I am training by running three days a week, biking two, and working out with dumbbells five.
The most unexpected part of the exercise process, for me, is that the [...]

Future Pundit makes the case that being smart means living longer.
The inequalities in all cause death rates between Americans with less than high school education and college graduates increased rapidly from 1993 to 2001 due to both significant decreases in mortality from all causes, heart disease, cancer, stroke, and other conditions in the most educated [...]

The worlds that can become are fascinating to me. I am a neophyte transhumanist, futurist, and adherent to the idea of the singularity. When I read about nanotechnology, I am most excited not by trying to guess what form nanobots will take, but by the fact that educated people in some scientific and intellectual circles [...]

Barack Obama is likely to become the next President. Unfortunately, he’s also likely be become the next great American disappointment. He can peddle hope and social justice till he turns white but the people who are excited by his promises will not be saved by them. This is because of the type of people they [...]