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Psycological Kevlar

…still experimental and not encouraging. Failing to locate such information, I am wondering if readers may have leads. While an econ blog, many here are also veterans. Thanks. Further information

Updating design of AB-left hand side

…voluntary, so approved authors can add their names or send me the information to make the addition. The link can be used for readers to send well reasoned potential posts…

Busting myths right and left

…to counter bad information with accurate information. But the new psychological studies show that denials and clarifications, for all their intuitive appeal, can paradoxically contribute to the resiliency of popular…

To compare or to contrast

…in reporting…ahhh, now that is hard to answer. Since we all filter information a second before reading information, how does one avoid shooting oneself in the foot with ‘knowledge’ filtered…

M3 Death Watch

…— but it’s also, I think, important for us to recognize the burden that’s placed on banks that have to report this information. And so when we can reduce that…

Times v. Post

…Senate based on the same information available to the White House. …Two official inquiries – by the Senate Intelligence Committee and by a presidential commission – blamed intelligence agencies for…

PlameGate: Kristol Cries Prosecutorial Abuse

…Libby and Rove will be indicted, not for what the original referral was about but for some combination of disclosing classified information or perhaps failing to be fully candid with…

PlameGate: Blaming the Press

…Rove know that Ms. Plame was a CIA agent. He should not have leaked this information to various reporters including one that was all too willing to publish this information….

Forecasting Oil Prices

…were giving more sober readings of the current oil market. My contribution to this discussion draws from the Energy Information Agency and its Annual Energy Outlook 2005 with Projections to…