While law school grads are suffering, MBA values are expected to rise.

American exceptionalism at work! We are exceptional at creating fear and acting on said fear. And we can’t even blame the lawyers! They’re certainly not responsible for hospitals refusing to name New Years babies for fear of kidnapping.

Dave Schuler argues that we have no existential threats to the US… except ourselves.

The egalitarian in me agrees with this Kriston Capps article: Airline pre-check status is bull&@#$.

Kansas is the best state.

Noah Charney has cracked the sitcom code. Is this the medium perfected, or the reason why sitcoms have become stale and unpopular?

While they are cited as a reason for the reduced smoking rates, further cigarette taxes hikes are unlikely to lead to much improvement.

Vaclav Klaus, the Czech leader who is a hero to some libertarians, has gone rogue.

The strong stance by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the CDC backfired. The increased risk was actually minimal, and the resulting behavior of people trying to avoid it was to engage in even riskier behavior.

When I created my abortion map a year or two ago, I was really surprised by Delaware’s astronomic abortion rate. It turns out, it’s the product of a really high number of unexpected pregnancies.

Nafeez Ahmed argues that solar power will destroy fossil fuels by 2030. Though I hope I’d lose, I would take the other side of that bet.

Waze is starting to piss off residents by directing drivers through residential zones. The great part (for drivers, not residents)… Waze can’t be gamed to prevent it.

What will falling oil prices mean for the Great State of Texas? According to Erica Grieder, less than one might think.

Bad news! Teddy Roosevelt never rode that moose. Also, that picture you may have seen of yesteryear’s economy (airplane) cabin is totally fake. Relatedly, if you’ve seen that image showing the alleged browning of earth from 1978 to 2012, very misleading.

There’s still one of these coin-operated kiddie rides at the local supermarket. I never got to ride on them when I was younger. I hope they stick around long enough for Lain to be able to ride one.

New links:

A new directive in Sweden is that police guarding synagogues need automatic weapons.

VoA looks at weapons in the animal kingdom and what they tell us about human weapons.

Big tobacco and “health experts” agree: Those ecigarette things are dangerous.