Author: Alex Eichler

Tyler Cowen Is Funny, Scarily Well-Read, Possibly Autistic

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Bloomberg Businessweek shows us the man behind Marginal Revolution

By Alex Eichler

May 26, 2011

Chart of the Day

The Most Complete Map of the Universe

The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics has rendered the cosmos in 3-D

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By Alex Eichler

May 26, 2011

An Obama Judicial Nominee Gets Sick of Waiting

Facing a filibuster, Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu withdraws from consideration

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By Alex Eichler

May 25, 2011

Let the Summer of High Gas Prices Begin

Chicago, D.C., and L.A. drivers will be paying a lot to drive this holiday weekend

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By Alex Eichler

May 25, 2011

Retro Packaging Sells Nostalgia for a Simpler Time

Weren't detergent bottles so much more awesome in the '70s?

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By Alex Eichler

May 24, 2011

Chrysler Repays Its Government Bailout Loans

Meanwhile, Democrats rush to take credit for the news

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By Alex Eichler

May 24, 2011

More Tornadoes 'Likely' Today in Deadliest Season Since 1953

Meanwhile, hurricane season starts next week

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By Alex Eichler

May 23, 2011

Prius Drivers Will Get Their Own Social Network

Finally, a place for all your important Prius-related conversations

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By Alex Eichler

May 20, 2011

A New Filter Can Tell Porn from Non-Porn Based on the Audio

Stop laughing: there are a lot of good uses for this

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By Alex Eichler

May 20, 2011

For the First Time, Gallup Finds Majority in Favor of Gay Marriage

The new poll tracks with many other surveys released in recent months

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By Alex Eichler

May 19, 2011

IEA to OPEC: It'd Be Great If You Guys Could Increase the Oil Supply

Seeing as how the global economy depends on it

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By Alex Eichler

May 19, 2011

The Unabomber May Work With the FBI on 1982 Tylenol Poisonings

Really he's just doing it to be a mensch

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By Alex Eichler

May 19, 2011

Afghan Prisoner at Guantanamo Dies in Apparent Suicide

The detainee was an avowed al Qaeda coordinator

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By Alex Eichler

May 17, 2011

U.S. Free Trade Agreements Are Stalled Over Worker Benefits

Deals with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea are tied to Trade Adjustment Assistance

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By Alex Eichler

May 17, 2011

New York Attorney General Has Some Questions for Wall Street

Such as: did you know these mortgages were bad before you sold them?

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By Alex Eichler

May 16, 2011

Mixed Reviews for Jane Pratt's New Web Site

The editor of Sassy and Jane has launched xoJane.com

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By Alex Eichler

May 16, 2011

Earl Sweatshirt Wants You to Knock Off the 'Free Earl' Stuff

The missing Odd Future rapper is interviewed in the new issue of The New Yorker

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By Alex Eichler

May 16, 2011

Economic Worries Dominate Polls, Though Obama's Approval Climbs

The economy hits a two-year high in a poll on the nation's biggest problems

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By Alex Eichler

May 16, 2011

CNN's Don Lemon Says He's Gay in New Memoir

The CNN anchor had said he was "scared" before his book came out

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By Alex Eichler

May 13, 2011

Bob Dylan Says China Didn't Censor Him

Also, plenty of people came to see him play in Beijing

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By Alex Eichler

May 13, 2011

Jim Cramer's Still Bitter About His 2009 Spat with Jon Stewart

The CNBC host goes to the Nazi-vocabulary well to describe the ordeal

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By Alex Eichler

May 13, 2011

Ai Weiwei as a Struggling Young New York Artist

Back in the '80s, Ai was a New York sketch artist trying to make ends meet

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By Alex Eichler

May 12, 2011

Found Object

Some Unspeakably Depressing Photos of a Baltimore Crack House

A former Charm City cop takes us inside one of the city's junkie dens

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By Alex Eichler

May 12, 2011

Man's Death Prompts New Round of Anti-Taser Outrage

Everyone seems to agree Tasers do more harm than good

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By Alex Eichler

May 12, 2011

Home Foreclosures Are at a 40-Month Low, But That's Not Good News

Just because foreclosures are down doesn't mean the market's recovering

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By Alex Eichler

May 12, 2011

So What Actually Happened at the White House Poetry Night?

Somehow the nation survived Common's performance

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By Alex Eichler

May 11, 2011

Reverend Billy Graham Hospitalized, In Stable Condition

The mega-evangelist was admitted with a pulmonary condition

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By Alex Eichler

May 11, 2011

Found Object

Dynamic Infographic Helps You Understand Fish Oil

A guide to health supplements, in bubble-chart form

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By Alex Eichler

May 11, 2011

Toyota Profits Drop 77% in Quarter That Includes Japan's Earthquake

But production is expected to be up again by the summer

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By Alex Eichler

May 10, 2011

The Latest White House Social Event Controversy: Common

Rapper Common is going to be at the White House, and conservatives aren't happy

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By Alex Eichler

May 10, 2011

ACLU Sues a Jail That Only Let Inmates Read the Bible

Now a federal prosecutor is getting involved

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By Alex Eichler

May 9, 2011

Hasidic Newspaper Defends Airbrushing Hillary Clinton Out of Photo

Di Tzeitung erased two women from the Situation Room photo due to "laws of modesty"

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By Alex Eichler

May 9, 2011

Samoa Shifts International Date Line, Inscrutable Headlines Follow

Any excuse for a 'Back to the Future' reference

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By Alex Eichler

May 9, 2011

Iman al-Obeidi, Alleged Rape Victim, Has Fled Libya

She sneaked across the border with two defecting military officers

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By Alex Eichler

May 6, 2011

Goldman Shareholders Meeting Either Boring or a Wacky Carnival

The New York Times paints a much more lively picture than the Journal

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By Alex Eichler

May 6, 2011

Markets Not Much Safer a Year After the Flash Crash

The SEC hasn't done a lot in the way of implementing safeguards

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By Alex Eichler

May 6, 2011

Unemployment Rose to 9.0% in April Despite 244,000 New Jobs

First impressions of April's closely-watched jobs report

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By Alex Eichler

May 5, 2011

Jobless Claims Jump to Eight-Month High, Pleasing No One

This probably doesn't bode well for the second-quarter economy

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By Alex Eichler

May 5, 2011

Lefties Say Obama Deserves Credit for GM's Awesome Quarter

The automaker posts great numbers--and the president made it possible, say bloggers

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By Alex Eichler

May 5, 2011

Breeders Battle for Right to Claim Hero Navy SEAL Dog

Top secret pooch is a media star, may have had titanium teeth, fancy vest!

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By Alex Eichler

May 5, 2011

The Guy Who Tweeted the Bin Laden Raid Is Getting Grumpy

Sohaib Athar makes some testy corrections

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By Alex Eichler

May 4, 2011

Meet Keith Urbahn, First to Tweet News of Bin Laden

The young Donald Rumsfeld aide has mixed feelings about media navel-gazing

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By Alex Eichler

May 3, 2011

Comment of the Day

Comment of the Day: The Prodigal Son Returns

In the wake of bin Laden's death, the one-liners just keep on coming

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By Alex Eichler

May 3, 2011

By Alex Eichler

May 3, 2011

Musical YouTube Reactions to Bin Laden

Techno tracks, odes, and a "Like a Virgin" parody didn't need to happen

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By Alex Eichler

May 3, 2011

The Best Thing About Teenagers: They Didn't Know Bin Laden

Obliviousness seems a fitting tribute to a mass murderer

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By Alex Eichler

May 3, 2011

Mark Twain Didn't Say That Thing About Obituaries

And Martin Luther King never said the quote that's being attributed to him, either

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By Alex Eichler

May 2, 2011

Dorothy Parvaz, Al Jazeera Journalist, Is Missing in Syria

Parvaz landed in Damascus on Friday and never checked into her hotel

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By Alex Eichler

May 2, 2011

Anonymous Distances Itself from a Chamber of Commerce Data Dump

The "hackitivist" group is defending itself against a dubious leak

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By Alex Eichler

Apr 29, 2011

Critics Give You Permission to Enjoy 'Fast Five'

See, it's actually about family values in some weird way

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By Alex Eichler

Apr 29, 2011

New Wacky 'Rapping Economists' Video Taken Very Seriously

David Frum looks to a YouTube video for answers to the economy's burning questions

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