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The economics of collegiate sports participation
That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column , here is one excerpt: As for the students themselves, recent  research  indicates that sp...
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What’s on TV This Week: ‘aka Mr. Chow’ and Some Spooky Movies
Mongo 16 October 2023
A new HBO documentary film premieres about a restaurateur who is also an artist. A couple of scary movies will get you into the Halloween sp...
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John Oliver Perfectly Explains Why The Republican Party Is Destroying Itself
Mongo 16 October 2023
John Oliver pointed out that Republicans are in the state that they are in because they spent years not keeping their extremists in check, a...
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John Oliver Perfectly Explains Why The Republican Party Is Destroying Itself
Mongo 16 October 2023
John Oliver pointed out that Republicans are in the state that they are in because they spent years not keeping their extremists in check, a...
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TV Commercials Aren't Dead, But...
On today's episode of the podcast, I'm sharing a conversation I had back in August with the gentlemen from The Sounding Board Podcas...
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The Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Adults’ Subjective Wellbeing
Using four cross-sectional data files for the United States and Europe we show that Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) have a significant ...
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Piper Laurie, Reluctant Starlet Turned Respected Actress, Dies at 91
Mongo 15 October 2023
She began as just another product of the studio system, but she went on to receive three Oscar nominations, win an Emmy and appear on Broadw...
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Does alleviating poverty increase cognitive performance?
From an RCT by Barnabas Szaszi et.al, due to travel I have not yet had the chance to look at this one: In this Registered Report, we inve...
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Some observations on universities and recent outrages
1. I feel stupid and unnecessary simply piling on with the usual observations and criticisms.  Nonetheless they are mostly deserved, for a v...
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CNN Reporter Corrects Kevin McCarthy’s Attempt to Blame Democrats for GOP Dysfunction
Mongo 14 October 2023
CNN reporter Manu Raju didn’t allow Rep. Kevin McCarthy to blame Democrats for Republican dysfunction. In fact, Raju corrected McCarthy, te...
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