http://www.metlin.org Would you like fries with that? Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:48:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ABC News has a rather interesting study on the impact of race on politics, particularly given the candidacy of Barack Obama. One of the interesting measures is "racial sensitivity" of white voters between Obama and McCain. A similar graph amongst Blacks would have been useful; however, blacks have traditionally been a ... http://www.metlin.org/2008/06/22/race-politics/ The Economist has an excellent article on inflation in emerging economies, and how they may be making the same mistakes that developed economies once did. For instance, the graph below shows the CPI comparison between today and a year ago, and the difference is simply staggering. This is made made worse ... http://www.metlin.org/2008/06/18/inflation-in-emerging-economies/ The New York Times has an excellent article that questions (and speculates) on the Supreme Court time and again rebuking the Executive branch , something that's quite rare. While traditionally wartime Presidents have had broad and sweeping powers, the Judiciary has ruled against this specific Executive on four separate occasions during ... http://www.metlin.org/2008/06/15/a-presidential-rebuke/ Here are some links for this week -- Analysts Lose 17% for Investors in Brokerage Picks -- Twice the decline of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Warren Buffet's bet against hedge funds -- I agree with a lot of what Mr. Buffet has to say; this is just not one of ... http://www.metlin.org/2008/06/11/interesting-links-611/ Excellent essay by Paul Graham on great cities attracting great people. http://www.metlin.org/2008/06/09/cities-and-ambition/ Who needs plaster when you have Legos? http://www.metlin.org/2008/06/07/plaster-legos/ Be afraid, folks. Be very, very afraid. http://www.metlin.org/2008/06/06/a-rare-dangerous-black-swan/ The Times (UK) has an article on Nassim Taleb, and while it talks about his work, the more interesting bits have nothing to do with Taleb's work. What I find particularly interesting (and in some ways, rather profound) is Taleb's philosophy on life, which he sums up at the very end. Taleb's ... http://www.metlin.org/2008/06/05/taleb-on-life/ I've been saying this for a while, but the WSJ has an article wondering if oil would the next bubble to pop. In fact, to anyone who's been following trends, it is quite obvious that oil has been fast approaching the "bubbly" state. People far wiser than I have said so, ... http://www.metlin.org/2008/06/04/oil-bubble/ I just found this amazing video of Tatiana Mollman and Jordan Frisbee performing West Coast Swing at MADJam 2006. Simply fabulous. (And sigh, I think I've a bit of a crush on Tatiana Mollman after watching about fifty of her videos online....) http://www.metlin.org/2008/05/31/awesome-west-coast-swing-performance/