September 2007 - Posts

• Why Most Published Research Findings are False!

  Here's a very interesting paper from a guy named Ioannadis, which was recently written up in the WSJ: http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124 The controversial title of his paper is "Why Most Read More... Posted Monday, September 24, 2007 4:33 PM by kyk | 1 Comments

• Easy to read

  Everyone knows that elections are all about political posturing, but this is one of the most blatant and un-nuanced forms of political posturing that I've seen in a while. Got it off The Politicker , link to the article: http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2007/09/21/giuliani-at-the-nra/ Read More... Posted Sunday, September 23, 2007 1:45 AM by kyk | 0 Comments Filed under: Giuliani

• Compelling column by Starquest

  Once we get past the ironic hilarity of the bathroom stall incident: Former Parks Commissioner and former CM, Henry Stern, has what I think is a very well-reasoned stance on the Larry Craig incident. He has, from the start, supported letting the Idahoans Read More... Posted Thursday, September 06, 2007 11:08 PM by kyk | 0 Comments Filed under: Bathroom, Larry Craig

• Should there be a market for organs?

  Ignoring for a second that it's politically unpalatable, should we be able to buy and sell our organs? There was an interesting article by Dubner and Levitt, both of Freakonomics fame in the NYT. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/09/magazine/09wwln_freak.html?ex=1310097600en=a9dde90f918e52cbei=5088partner=rssnytemc=rss Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:34 PM by kyk | 2 Comments Filed under: market, organ