April 2008
9 posts
Inmate Count in U.S. Dwarfs Other Nations’ →
Indeed, the United States leads the world in producing prisoners, a reflection of a relatively recent and now entirely distinctive American approach to crime and punishment. Americans are locked up for crimes — from writing bad checks to using drugs — that would rarely produce prison sentences in other countries. And in particular they are kept incarcerated far longer than prisoners in other...
“They tested posters with my face on them and there was an unfavorable reaction...”
– Jason Segel explaining the Forgetting Sarah Marshall posters.
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Studying the Intersection of Politics and Pantry →
“Democratic women, a demographic group likely to support Hillary Clinton, have an affinity for fruit-filled cookies. Mr. Obama’s supporters intensely dislike vanilla wafers. And if McCain supporters had a favorite cookie, it would likely be one like Chips Ahoy.”
Market research on voters and their choice of food products… interesting generalizations.
