Competitive eating beef Joey Chestnut banned from Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Natalie Dressed
economics Costco co-founder to new CEO: "If you raise the effing hot dog, I will kill you." Thom Dunn
books Why are we still treating economics as if it were an empirical science that makes reliable predictions? Cory Doctorow
politics A succinct, simple, excellent description of the problems of neoliberalism and their solution Cory Doctorow
History Solving the "Longbow Puzzle": why did France and Scotland keep their inferior crossbows? Cory Doctorow
President Obama's tech-centered State of the Union: full text, and digital rights concerns Xeni Jardin
