Here is a small example of why our experiment is doomed to failure. Ranting, crazy old men get to tell everybody else what to do. At least they think they can.

I finally found an internship for the summer. It is with the International Foundation for Election System's Middle East & North Africa program (www.ifes.org). I'll be assisting with election monitoring and democracy building. It's in Washington DC, so come visit if any of you have a chance ( Read more... )

Got 5-7 minutes to complete a survey about judging appearance?

http://www.duke-experiment.org

Anybody want to tell me how this works? Me no comprendo.


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The worst subject in the world is Survey Design, the topic of a 10-page paper I just finished ( Read more... )

I just wrote a paper for my globalization class on Fukuyama's "End of History". I wanted to post it here so that 1) I would have it in the future, and 2) because it is kind of funny. It is so hard to take the guy seriously. I had to tone my paper down on numerous occassions, and while it is still pretty scathing, it does not come close to the ( Read more... )

Apparently, you can get in trouble for thisC has mono, which is really terrible. I guess that means I will be getting it too. How great that it decides to hit us right before the end of the semester, when we don't have ANY final exams or papers to worry about. God damn god damn. She has been sick for about a month now, unaware of what was ( Read more... )

Oh, how tired. This program is quite intense ( Read more... )

I arrived in North Carolina yesterday, and had a wonderful night sleeping on the floor. Mission for today- get mattress.

My hero lost his life last week.

Col. Hackworth was a good friend of my uncle, and he was an inspiration to his fellow dogfaces.

Check out his position on the draft.