Scott Horton: Worst. President. Ever. What interests me most about the list is that every President other than Bush (43) who could be described as the worst ever was a single termer. Bush’s main competition, Millard Fillmore, was not elected in the first place (he took over for Zachary Taylor, who died after 16 months [...]
Links for April 7
April 7th, 2008 · No Comments
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Links for April 3rd
April 4th, 2008 · No Comments
The Quick and the Ed. How class (or income bracket) affects college admissions. Usually it’s better to be a rich idiot than smart and poor. O’Reilly Radar: Review Board is good software. Software for managing code reviews. David Pogue: Can Blogger-Bashers Predict the Success of a Product? Unlikely. I find the gadget blogs to be nearly useless. FP [...]
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Links from March 13th
March 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Robert Weintraub in Slate: How have the Houston Rockets won 20 games in a row? - He’s wrong about the absence of Yao helping the Rockets. The Rockets won 12 in a row with Yao before winning 8 in a row without him. I think the secret has been adding Rick [...]
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