Too Simple?

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Jeff Wise argues that theory on Flight 370 Paul discussed earlier today is probably wrong: Goodfellow’s account is emotionally compelling, and it is based on some of the most important facts that have been established so far. And it is simple—to a fault. Take other major...

The Voluntarism Fantasy

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“Helping the Poor–Gratuitous Distribution of Coal by the City–Cherry Street,” New York City, 1877 Konczal's essay on the voluntarism fantasy of conservatives who argue that private charity used to operate.

Flight 370 and Occam’s razor

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Given the continuing absence of any evidence for more esoteric/sinister theories 11 days after the disappearance of FL370, this account seems increasingly plausible: The left turn is the key here. Zaharie Ahmad Shah1 was a very experienced senior captain with 18,000 hours of flight time. We...

Rideshare

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An embarrassing and truly awful decision by the Seattle City Council. The problem is not, as the article seems to imply, "regulation" in the abstract--driving training, background checks, insurance rules, and the like are all perfectly reasonable and appropriate. It's the utterly arbitrary 150 cars at...

Commitment

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Bit of a struggle to envision a way in which this turns around: President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia signed a decree late Monday night formally recognizing Ukraine’s Crimea region.

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