Here's a new working paper from economist Crhis Coyne:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1736765
It seems to me the moral hazard problem and the adverse selection problem are...
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Here's a new working paper from economist Crhis Coyne:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1736765
It seems to me the moral hazard problem and the adverse selection problem are...
http://fayobserver.com/articles/2010/06/11/1003278?sac=Home
According to the book, as a test of his powers, 30 numbered goats were led into a room and Savelli was supposed to focus on one of them, say No. 16. Ronson says one of the goats did fall over and...
I don't know which part of the book worries me most. The claim that the Army may use a serial rapist capable of becoming invisible for secret missions. Or the claim that the Army had a major general...
I hesitated before posting this because I know the author is controversial among other former Delta members and because, well, the piece is sure to anger people, but it does tell you a little a bit...
The information he includes about Mr. B indicates he's talking about a Delta Force member convicted of several rapes in the late 1980s. Again, he never actually names him. But unless there are...
I read the book a couple of years ago. I found it entertaining, but if any part of it is true, God help us.
One thing that I found interesting is that there's a person in there called Mr. B, wh...
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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/75036.html?storylink=MI_emailed
Can this part possibly be right?
And if it is, what sort of impact will this story have on domestic support for the war?
George Will's latest column seems to have inspired quite a bit of debate. This post reacts to some of Will's critics.
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2009/09/03/making-enemies-in-afghanistan/
That's an interesting idea. But how bad of a bad neighborhood would you drop them off in? In today's world, I would imagine the reaction from Congress and the media would be pretty intense the first...
I've seen older film, from the 1950s, of senior military officers speaking to Congress, and I swear they are wearing suits not uniforms.
Does anyone know why they switched?
A community outreach, hearts and minds effort gone wrong?
http://fromaleftwing.blogspot.com/2009/06/police-playing-policed-on-having-lapd.html
I'm really not sure what to make of this. GQ isn't really know for it's investigative reporting.
http://men.style.com/gq/features/topsecret
Malcolm Gladwell's latest looks at what happened when an Indian-born technology executive coached his daughter's basketball team and tries to draw some lessons for warfare. It's interesting, if not...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29676657/
This part caught my eye
This may be a dumb question. But how does someone who wasn't shot come to think he was shot? I can understand how someone might mistakenly think he was shot at, but shot?
Hope this isn't out of place. But I found it interesting.
All My Children was looking for someone to play the love interest of a female doctor on the show. The character was supposed to be a badly...
Former SEAL says he misspoke on details of Afghan battle
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=63418&archive=true
And this:
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http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-swindle6-2008sep06,0,6461849.story
I don't get it. If I really wanted to protect my anonymity, the last place I'd go is a place with...
I know this may not be the most substantial post.
But my girlfriend sat down with me while I was watching the second episode. For the next hour, she was asking me "who is that? "why did he do...
I really don't know enough to make any judgement about Erik Prince or Blackwater, but I thought this was amusing:
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/07/13/3543928.htm
I had composed a much longer answer, but for some reason my attempt to post it failed, and I didn't think to save it.
A shorter answer is that I think you are right.
Newspapers today are in a...
I've never worked in broadcast, so I can't speak to their requirements. But I've worked in print for more than 20 years - everything from small-town dailies to a major newspaper to national magazines...