I just finished reading the Economist’s special report on the world’s oceans. Its really good, worth the read, and best of all, its free on the Economist website.

In Outliers, Gladwell talks about how Korean Airlines reduced its crashes from the most in the world to one of the safest airlines in the world. He argues that pilots from countries where it is difficult to question superiors…

In “Why You’ll Love Paying for Roads that Used to be Free,” Eric A. Morris delivers a compelling arguement for setting up variable toll rates for public highways that are currently free to reduce congesting.

If you like college basketball and have the humor of a college student, you need to read this blog called Club Trillion: Views From the End of the Bench.

It’s written by Ohio State’s last man on the bench Mark “The Shark” Titus and is absolutely hilarious. I’ll let “The Shark”…

Matt Millen is now an “expert” on NBC’s coverage of the NFL playoffs.

Seriously?

Millen’s old team, the Detroit Lions, just finished this season with the worst record ever, 0–16. Why would anyone want to listen insight on…

Alex Wissner-Gross, a physicist and owner of CO2stats.com, claims that every two Google searches uses as much energy as boiling a kettle of water. I have no idea if this is correct, but it seems very high to me.

The biggest news over the last week has been Israel’s bombing and subsequent invasion of Gaza to try to stop Hamas from firing rockets into Israel.

My previous post from Saturday generated the most feedback of any of my posts so far. I received tons of emails from some people who agreed and others who thought I was full of it. I’ll try to clarify and expand further with this post.

I loved Gladwell’s first book, The Tipping Point, but I actually like Outliers: The Story of Success even better.

I received Outliers from my parents as a gift and finished it in two sittings. I found myself saying “wow” and “no way” aloud many times…

The Audacity of Dope

I shamelessly pulled this headline from The Smoking Gun because I couldn’t do any better. Apparently drug dealers in New…

John Talton’s recent article on britannica.com called “Business Schools & Financial Services: Oh The Harm They’ve Caused” is a great article on a subject that I have been meaning to write about for awhile now. Talton’s main premise is that:

The inauguration is a huge national event, but to me it is just one great big party. This inauguration has more significance because of the historical ramifications, but still, is it worth the $170m price tag?

With the current state of the economy, it would have been a…

Sudhir Venkatesh’s book Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor will tell you the answer.

I just finished reading it this week and while it wasn’t as engaging as his previous Gang Leader for a Day, it was informative. It profiles how “hustling” is a necessary…

New offensive and defensive schemes happen every once in awhile, like the Wildcat offense or the Tampa 2 defense, but these changes are small variations on typical offenses and…

Sprint must be the dumbest cell phone company around right now. First, they have those black and white ads with Dan Hesse, their CEO, walking down the street. Who is going to buy a cool phone because the CEO tells you about the company? I can answer that. Nobody. They also have…