Archive for June, 2005
Race and Academics – The High Cost of Acting White
Marginal Revolution points to this study entitled “An Empirical Analysis of ‘Acting White’” by Roland G. Fryer, Jr. and Paul Torelli. The paper reports on the high social costs among minorities should they “act white” by achieving high scores in school. “Among whites, higher grades yield higher popularity. For Blacks, higher achievement is associated with [...]
Paper Recycling is Bad for Your Butt AND The World
So there I was, on the toilet at work. We have a fine restroom, with beautiful stainless steel sinks, track lighting and jazz music piped in from above. It’s really nice. When I reached over for some toilet paper, I found that this company, like so many others, uses that horrible recycled paper that’s less [...]
Slow Posting, but Life Returns to Normality
Now that the boy is out of the hospital, and things are returning to normal, I’m planning to get back into the blogging groove. Once the hospital stuff was out of the way, there was a period of rest needed. This meant a lot of naps. I also caught up on my playtime with some [...]