- I can't believe there are two "Shaft" parodies starring William Howard Taft. And one of them is actually okay. Histeria, College Humor
- Why isn't federal highway design regarded as a failure of central planning? [The League of Ordinary Gentlemen]
- Most trilogies do suck [Flowing Data]
- GapMinder: the home edition [Flowing Data]
- Now I'm grateful that Charles Hill wasn't a professor at my institution [The League of Ordinary Gentlemen]
- I'm deeply skeptical of the notion that political scientists should engage the public, but I'm downright contemptuous of the notion we should aspire to be think-tankers [The Monkey Cage]
- A copy editor complains that everyone thinks "douchebag" is spelled without a space. Heads up, copy editors: when everyone agrees on something, it is time to update your stylebook. [The Awl]
- Following on the above: I prefer Urban Dictionary to Merriam-Webster for slang. [Urban Dictionary]
- Piling on copy editors: Andrew Gelman compares copy editors to pinch-hitters. "If the pinch hitter were really good, he'd be a starter." [Gelman Blog]
26 July 2010
Number One for 26 July 2010
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