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How tall will Megan McArdle & Peter Suderman's theoretical offspring be?

Peter Suderman & Megan McArdle are getting married. One of my thoughts was, "How tall will their offspring be?" (assuming they are intent on producing any) I couldn't tell Peter Suderman's height from photographs with certainty, but he has confirmed they are the same height, 6 feet 2 inches. What sort of heights would we expect for the McSuderkinder?* Assuming 80% heritability...

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How should Megan and Peter marry?

Here's some happy news: Peter Suderman and Megan McArdle, two of the best bloggers around, are getting married. Mazel tov! Many years! They've now got to figure out how to get married affordably. Any advice? I have only a broad...

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MEGAN MCARDLE REPORTS FROM ASPEN: “The questions for Goolsbee are much more hostile than they were …

MEGAN MCARDLE REPORTS FROM ASPEN: “The questions for Goolsbee are much more hostile than they were last year. I don’t know whether to attribute this to the economy, or the fact that the disadvantages of Obama’s policies are now apparent.”

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MEGAN MCARDLE ON UNIONS AND OLIGOPOLY: “I think it’s great that people who maybe weren’t cut out fo…

MEGAN MCARDLE ON UNIONS AND OLIGOPOLY: “I think it’s great that people who maybe weren’t cut out for college had a decent way of earning a good living, getting ahead a little. I think it’s really sad that era is over, especially for people who were encouraged to bet their whole futures on [...]

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Has blogging jumped the shark?

Megan McArdle links to an interesting post at 11D, asking if blogging is dying: 3. Norms and practices. Bloggers have undermined the blogosphere. Bloggers do not link to each other as much as they used to. It's a lot of...

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Towards a Grand Unification of Cutlery

Read it. From Megan McArdle, who is finally getting off the dime and marrying Peter Suderman.

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another one gets away

Megan McArdle is getting married. Sigh. There goes my shot. (And, as The Chimp would add: (”shot”))

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Wal-mart wants universal health care…why?

Some people believe Wal-mart supports universal healthcare because: Wal-Mart wants to change its image, Wal-Mart wants to make its voice heard in the process, or Wal-Mart is flummoxed by unpredictable health care costs. Megan McArdle believes that there is only one reason Wal-mart wants universal health care: profits. If all employers are mandated to provide health insurance, Walmart...

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Australia invented the splayd

But it was only one of several possibilities: HT: Megan McArdle Peter Martin is the economics correspondent for Australia's two leading newspapers, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age . He blogs at peter martin's blog , peter's picks and twitter .

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Scattershot 2009-07-06

... of Chicago cops who were here for the 1968 riots. Adolf gets the bad news about MJ. (Hat tip: Megan McArdle, Nick Gillespie, SCC)...

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On the Blogosphere 2.0

Megan McArdle points out this interesting article over at 11D on where blogs have evolved to, that I think is largely correct. Here are some interesting points, but go read the whole thing: 1. The A-List Doesn’t Matter Anymore. I just read a really nice paper that came up with a new method for determining the [...] Related posts: How To Get Linked The Blogging Community Gun Blogging...

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It's the economy (of scale), stupid!

Megan McArdle: I find it hard to believe that none of the liberal commentators breathlessly celebrating Wal-Mart's "capitulation" on national health care have even entertained the most parsimonious explanation: that Wal-Mart is in favor of this because it raises the barriers to entry in the retail market, and hammers Wal-Mart's competition. You can say that again, sister! I...

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New at Wal-Mart

Looks at the Wal-Mart supports government health care plan from Megan McArdle and Professor Bainbridge . And a good close by McArdle. When you find strange bedfellows in politics, don't look for a surprising outbreak of spontaneous virtue: looking for the hidden conspiracy.

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Wal-Mart's Seat at the Table

Megan McArdle: I find it hard to believe that none of the liberal commentators breathlessly celebrating Wal-Mart's "capitulation" on national health care have even entertained the most parsimonious explanation: that Wal-Mart is in favor of this because it raises the barriers to entry in the retail market, and hammers Wal-Mart's competition. Yet somehow, this appears nowhere...

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Walmart's Progressive Turn?

Here is Megan McArdle's succinct take on Walmart's endorsement of government-andated health coverage (HT: Sheldon Richman). The story was front-page news in yesterday's Wall Street Journal, and today the Journal editorializes--correctly, I think--on the hidden politics of the move. I'm skeptical of the company's ominous claim about wanting a "level playing field;" the public...