I think this can be framed more effectively as , thinking of outcomes. S regulation is closer/more correlated (I think) to the outcome compared with that of L regulation, and that is why I think it is better!
I tend to agree with Tyler Cowen that individual moral propensities are less important than overall social context. [...]
The account of Sjida’s life is inspiring, Do read the whole thing! My prayers are for the people still in bondage, any form of bondage.
Sajida is a 29-year-old college-educated woman from a Christian family here (and a reminder that oppressive values in Pakistan are not rooted just in Islam). She scandalized her family by marrying [...]
We don’t have thanksgiving here in the Philippines but that is no reason to snatch a holiday and thank the people who have made my life great!
Thanks to my Mom and Dad, my brother and sister for supporting me during the times when life makes me want to give up.
To my friends who always has [...]
Bowen On Matt Bonner:
Pointer From TrueHoop:
Despite making $2.978 million this year and $3.256 next year, Bonner remains frugal. Former Spurs guard Brent Barry, who is now with the Houston Rockets, remembers a time in Sacramento when Bonner was getting a snack at his favorite spot: Subway.
“Matt had a coupon for half off a sandwich, which [...]
Mark usually went home for the weekend but didn’t last sunday so Me, Chuck and Mark decided to hang out in trinoma. I was late around 30 minutes. I didn’t tell them but I was nearly in fight before I went to trinoma.
Suffice to say this blog post Isn’t about my near physical altercation with [...]
The U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy was trying to prove a point on its blog about the proliferation of medical marijuana dispensaries in California by noting that there are now more of them than there are Starbucks locations in downtown San Francisco. To bolster their point, the agency’s bloggers included this handy Google [...]
Willie Brown, Asomugha’s position coach who is among the greatest defensive backs to ever play pro football, credits Asomugha’s work ethic for his development over the last five seasons.
“He is dedicated, and he’s dedicated to be great. I tell all the defensive backs, they should have Nnamdi’s work habits. He will do anything you ask, [...]
From Mark Thoma: Very Funny In the Unintentional Comedy Way
Does Not! Does Too!
The WSJ argues with itself:
The Fed Is Out of Ammunition - WSJ.com
Fed Has More Ammunition After Firing Rate-Cut Bullets - WSJ.com
Economist’s View: Does Not! Does Too!.
It is one of the larger paradoxes of our time that the very same food policies that have contributed to overnutrition in the first world are now contributing to undernutrition in the third. But it turns out that too much food can be nearly as big a problem as too little — a lesson we [...]
wow, can’t say this enough: We Are All In It Together!
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In online discussions people say we should let the companies fail — they scare me even more, because they don’t understand how much our lives depend on each others. That was clear in New Orleans after Katrina. They couldn’t re-open the restaurants not because there [...]
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