Nate Silver, Baseball Analyst, Prophet of the Galactic Empire
Nate Silver Like most of the free world, I spent October following the U.S. presidential election. For me this meant looking over the dailies, a graph of the national tracking average, and a red/blue...
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It’s raining deadlines here in Hartford: grant proposals, course proposals, exhibition labels, article drafts, etc. All of it due this week or next. On top of it all, tomorrow’s the first day of...
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Guy Waterman On February 6 2000, Guy Waterman drove his Subaru Impreza to Franconia Notch in New Hampshire, hiked up Mt Lafayette, and in the windy -16 degree night, let himself die of exposure....
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Carl Fredricksen under attack by explorer Charles Muntz Since the release of the Incredibles in 2004, Pixar has proven that it can run with grown-ups as well as the kindergarten crowd. Kid movies,...
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In 1987, Dr. C. Robert Cloninger created the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ). Despite its unique, Star-Trekian name, Cloninger’s TPQ entered a crowded field of personality tests, such...
View ArticleFilm Review: Avatar
Jake Sully on patrol in his Na'vi avatar As I went to see Avatar last week, I felt resigned. It had all of the predictors of a bad movie. First, it cost half a billion dollars to make. This may seem...
View ArticleEven Better Than the Real Thing
X-15 attached to a B-52 bomber prior to release. We’re free to fly the crimson sky the sun won’t melt our wings tonight take me higher you take me higher “Even Better Than the Real Thing” U2 In 1996,...
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