Newmark's Door

At the top of the list is a suburb of my very own Raleigh, Cary, NC. (Click on the graphic to enlarge it.)

If you think you saw a 1994 movie named Shazaam, you, like some other folks, are subject to the Mandela Effect.

More on the interesting Mandela Effect.

Not me, but in case you are thinking of going.

"Chris gonna find Ray Charles!" Made me laugh.

"The answer is fascinating, and originates in particle physics and the resulting structure of matter."

From the comments: "She is of great value because she is a liberal with the integrity to be publicly honest about her peers. She is holding liberal policies accountable."

"Longevity maximizers should invest in biotechnology, not modifiable lifestyle factors".

Related: "A primer on the current state of longevity research."

Three things I learned from this interesting article:

--The "apple" in the Garden of Eden story was almost surely not an apple. Maybe a fig, maybe a peach, maybe something else.

--My favorite type, Honeycrisp, divides the apple world into "Before Honeycrisp" and "After Honeycrisp" and is currently the third most produced variety in the U.S.

--There is an even newer variety, in addition to Honeycrisp and Cosmic Crisp (my wife's favorite), Evercrisp.

"World's most accurate economist" drew my attention.

The ranking is by Bloomberg, who seems like a reasonable assessor. The economist, Christophe Barraud, French born and educated, ranked first in eleven of the twelve years from 2012 to 2013--the other year he ranked second. Now the charts he displays on his webpage show only 20 business economists in the rankings--I don't know if there are more--and it's not clear to me how significant the differences in "average score" are.

But eleven out of twelve years still seems like more than luck. Maybe supplement Ph.D. courses in macro with some instruction from this guy.

Given the monster majorities who poll in favor of school choice, it certainly is an issue to bet on.

Related: "Trump could scrap Education Dept., up school choice and boost education for all".