1.) An experimental inquiry into the social construction of property rights: I’ve always been fascinated with the work done in experimental economics. I actually got to meet Bart Wilson a couple years ago and participate in several experiments. Who says economists don’t appreciate the social construction of economic life?
2.) American judge grants political asylum to German homeschooling family: Oh those progressive Europeans, throwing parents in jail for not submitting to the government’s education system. Aside from taking a shot at Europe, it’ll be interesting to see what kind of precedent this sets in immigration law where “human right” is defined here at a negative right.
3.) Academia is liberal: Duh. They claim its institutional discrimination. I love the quote from one of the authors telling conservatives to stop whining: “The irony is that the more conservatives complain about academia’s liberalism,” he said, “the more likely it’s going to remain a bastion of liberalism.” I wonder if he would say the same thing about this report?
4.) Scott Brown action figures: Before you even ask, yes, they do have a Cosmo version
5.) World prison population list: We’re #1! We’re #1! Oh wait… that’s not cool. I wonder how much of it stems from the war on poor inner city young black males drugs?
Thanks for the plugs Josh!