7 world maps show the highs and lows of American exceptionalism

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Daddy Gets His Brain Back

Michael Lewis

Libertarians Are Loons

Seth Stevenson

Ten ways to tell you might be sitting next to an economist

Buttonwood

Irish terrorist Gerry Adams whines on Twitter about US airport security

Dylan Matthews

John Oliver's glorious takedown of voter ID laws

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How to Talk to Bill Belichick

Do: Ask about the kicking game. Don’t: Ask him if he cares to elaborate on that.

Andrew Kahn and Josh Levin

27 hilariously bad maps that explain nothing

Max Fisher

If you laugh at this map, it means you're a huge map nerd

Max Fisher

The case against time zones: They're impractical & outdated

Matthew Yglesias argues loudly for a return to higher transactions costs for some inexplicable reason.

My review of Megan McArdle’s review of Capital In the 21st Century

Fredrik deBoer