“Few sinners are saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon.”
Amen to that!
According to a new study, daycare will increase your child’s health, intelligence and social development. But do you think the study is scientifically rigorous enough to justify this conclusion?
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I will not be posting any new material to my website until I finish enjoying the holiday season, a season that will culminate with a trip to Minnesota to visit my family. That means leaving the warm comfort of my North Carolina home, for what I expect to be some seriously cold weather. But what…
You might be interested in some coverage my research team got in Qatar, for our study on oncology decision making. (Link) Maybe one of you can translate it for me?
In a wonderful article on deep cave exploration, Burkhard Bilger shows how powerful comparison can be in putting an unfamiliar topic into context. He is describing the arduous work involved in deep cave exploration. He is describing the risks of being far, far inside the cave when a heavy rain on the surface begins to…
“It’s not a revolution if nobody loses.” -Clay Shirky (Click here to view comments)
First a quick apology – this post is a bit outside of my normal range of topics. But I thought I would share it with you anyway. This is a picture from the University of Chicago Magazine, showing spending on federal contracts by week of the year. That tall bar on the very right –…