Links for you. Science:
Want evolutionary change? Wait a million years.
Asian beetle pest turns up in Switzerland
The Toughest Little Bird You’ve Never Heard Of
Triatoma sanguisuga, the eastern bloodsucking conenose, with a dime for scale.
Other:
What Really Caused the Eurozone Crisis? (Part 1)
The Key Moment in Last Night’s Debate
Prisoners’ Dilemma: How Our Incarceration System Makes Them Permanent Outsiders
Elizabeth Warren and the Liberal Narrative
How One Small Group Sets Doctors’ Pay
Harvard Underground: 1912
The Miseducation of the President: Ron Suskind describes a leader pulled off course by his staff. But we still don’t know where Obama wants to take us.
A Pervasive Culture Of Corruption Determines The GOP Agenda
The Achievement Gap and its Discontents: Thoughts on Rick Hess’ New Essay
THE ABSENCE OF THE PROFESSORS: Don’t do it, Krugman was told!
It’s been a while since I visited, and may I say how much I love this: “Helping idiots who desperately need my assistance by calling them fucking morons since 2004”
Thanks for the much-needed Morning Snicker.
Urk. Your commenting system blessed me with an extra t.