Economists design their dream candidate. But could he ever get elected?

Barack Obama: Corporatist Collectivist (Part I of IV) “A more accurate description of Obama, however – and of the Democratic party under his leadership – is that it is collectivist, just as socialists are; but that this collectivism takes the form of corporatism.”

When our interpretations differ… “In some cases, folks are so committed to their particular views on these issues they seem incapable of making a distinction between the Bible itself and their interpretation of it, and so any critique of that interpretation is seen as a critique of Scripture itself!”

Is God Irish? | Philosophy Now Mark Twain’s sarcasm: “In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth […]

TEDxBloomington – Shawn Achor – “The Happiness Advantage: Linking Positive Brains to Performance” TEDxTalks

Brains Plus Brawn | Conversation | Edge “The idea then is at what point did our brains become so important that we got the idea that brain size and intelligence really mattered more than our bodies? I contend that the answer was never”

Big, Smart and Green: A Revolutionary Vision for Modern Farming Brandon Keim, Wired Science

New Evidence That Racism Isn’t ‘Natural’ – Robert Wright – The Atlantic “And they found something interesting: the racial sensitivity of the amygdala doesn’t kick in until around age 14.”

Sound of Cylons Saul Tigh

How your last name will doom your descendants centuries from now Dylan Matthews, Ezra Klein