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The Danger of Safety

In case you haven't heard, an accident on the Washington metro claimed nine lives last week. But then again, chances are you have heard, as the crash got wide coverage over the airwaves, on the net, and in the papers (by my count, at least five articles appeared in The Times). This is usually the...

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Quotes Uncovered: Who Said You're Always Where You Are?

A while back, I invited readers to submit quotations for which they wanted me to try to trace the origins, using The Yale Book of Quotations and more recent research by me. Hundreds of people have responded via comments or e-mails. I am responding as best I can, a few per week. ...

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Not Darwin's Year?

this year, Darwin's 200th anniversary, Americans favor intelligent design over Darwinian theory. According to the poll, 33 percent of respondents said they agreed with Darwinism, but 52 percent agreed that "the development of life was guided by intelligent design." On the other hand, th...

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Reading the Employment Report: Focus on Hours, Not Heads

The latest employment numbers are out, and they are dreadful. Those commentators who saw "green shoots" out there had been focusing on the fact that in May, the economy "only" shed 322,000 jobs, which is good news when compared with the fact that the economy had been losing ov...

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How the Market Influences What Language You Read In

My Dutch friends tell me that they read foreign (non-Dutch) novels that are translated into English rather than into Dutch. Their English is very good, but their Dutch is clearly better. So, I ask, why read in English? ...

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Berlin Bans Brakeless Bikes

Not long ago, cycling enthusiasts took fixed-gear racing bikes out of velodromes and onto the streets, where they were a hit among bike messengers and hardcore urban cyclists. The appeal had to do with the stripped-down simplicity of the bikes. ...

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