Are 16-year-olds better off taking Algebra II or getting a part-time job?

Reading a study that everybody cites as saying the opposite of what it says.

Feb 13 • Aaron Zinger

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More On Crime

Cancer remains much worse.

Feb 6 • Aaron Zinger

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Veto Power

Negotiating the terms of the Great Divorce.

Feb 6 • Aaron Zinger

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January 2026

Whoever Calls It Evil

Martyrs win the battle. Those who honor them win the war.

Jan 27 • Aaron Zinger

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Opening Lines to an Infinite Poem

Let's talk about how we build our world.

Jan 19 • Aaron Zinger

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The Monkey's Finger

Testing a sci-fi story from 1953.

Jan 15 • Aaron Zinger

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By The Light of The Moon

This is a coincidence. Everything is a coincidence.

Jan 8 • Aaron Zinger

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December 2025

We Should Have More Medical Reversals

On FDA conservatism and how language can hide controversy.

Dec 2, 2025 • Aaron Zinger

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November 2025

This Is The Very Weakness

Fear the prophecies of Socrates and Thomas K. Dye.

Nov 25, 2025 • Aaron Zinger

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How We Stopped Learning Math

A slow-motion train wreck people have been warning about for centuries.

Nov 20, 2025 • Aaron Zinger

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A Certain Spindle-Shanked Miscreant

And other members of the New York Resistance, 1776-1783.

Nov 5, 2025 • Aaron Zinger

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October 2025

Don't Take Medical Advice From Porcupines

Potatoes do not cause scrofula.

Oct 21, 2025 • Aaron Zinger

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