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November 19, 2008

Shouts & Murmurs: The Plan

A *nearly* foolproof plan by Jack Handey. “The plan isn’t foolproof. For it to work, certain things must happen:”

February 7, 2006

Malcolm Gladwell: What pit bulls can teach us about profiling.

Excellent, fascinating Malcolm Gladwell article about the uselessness of “profiling” as a tool to attack crime.

September 7, 2005

The New Yorker: THE MORAL-HAZARD MYTH

Excellent article by Malcolm Gladwell explaining just how horrendously fucked-up the US health industry is. “Because the uninsured are sicker than the rest of us, they can’t get better jobs, and because they can’t get better jobs they can’t afford health insurance, and because they can’t afford health insurance they get even sicker.”

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