Unqualified Offerings

By Thoreau
So, this article discusses some management theorists alleging innate differences in how men and women work and think about problems.  On the surface it’s benign stuff, because all of the alleged differences involve women displaying more positive traits relative to men:  Better at getting their employees to work together, better at solving problems, better [...]

As you’ve seen on the news this week, while it is regrettably necessary to have interaction with foreigners, it is nevertheless essential to reduce the danger of that interaction to zero. I think we can find the inspiration we need for this in the great civilizations of the Prior Age:

Imrryr the Beautiful, the Dreaming City, is [...]

By Thoreau
I haven’t had a chance to read more than the executive summary of this, but from a few summaries, it sounds like they’re saying what I’ve been saying:
From this perspective, the problem may not be that there are too few STEM qualified college graduates, but rather that STEM firms are unable to attract them. [...]

Avram Grumer names the enemy.

By Thoreau
Yemen–the latest frontier! I am completely confident that fighting in yet another Muslim country will in no way backfire on us.  And if the CIA’s flying killer robots should accidentally kill some civilians?  Well, that will be unfortunate, but there’s no need to reflect on that if at any point somebody from Yemen decides [...]

By Thoreau
I do want to get back to some issues raised in discussing my TSA posts, but maybe it would be good for the blog if we also get away from the TSA for a bit.
First, to ease this segue, I want to address all of the criticisms that Obama should have returned to the [...]

By Thoreau
The checkpoint had special express service for military personnel. So, if you are planning to set off a bomb at a wedding reception in Waziristan you are given special treatment. OTOH, if you aren’t planning to hurt anybody, wait in line.
This is what we call “perverse incentives.”
For the record, I was polite [...]

By Thoreau
In keeping with the Roderick Long post that Jim linked to downblog, let’s remember what worked and what didn’t work.
Worked:
1)  Passengers getting out of their seats:  A passenger got out of his seat, extinguished the fire, and restrained the terrorist.
Didn’t work:
1)  Improvised bomb made by a loser:  Somehow illiterate guerrilla fighters around the world [...]

Maybe, since Thoreau can’t move his arms on the plane, he hasn’t found this Roderick Long link yet:

What solved the problem in yesterday’s terror attack? A passenger getting out of his seat to tackle the terrorist.
So what’s the government’s plan for handling such problems in the future? Putting more restrictions on passengers’ freedom to get [...]

“Among other things, during the final hour of flight customers must remain seated, will not be allowed to access carry-on baggage, or have personal belongings or other items on their laps,” said a statement posted on Air Canada’s Web site, citing the new TSA rules.
While the new regulations were supposed to be in effect just for [...]