stickman's corral

South Africa's top economic and financial daily, Business Day , ran an article yesterday referring to research conducted in part by my o...

During the last year, South Africa has been in the throes of violent upheaval in the mining industry. Most prominently the " Marikana m...

With the internet abuzz about  Invisible Children's "Kony 2012" viral campaign , it was predictable that there would be some b...

The academic paper that you've been waiting for! Zombie guru, George A. Romero , teams up with Columbia statistician,  Andrew Gelman , a...

That the Oslo-Utøya killings were a heinous, monstrous act is beyond question. However, the sheer scale of shock cannot be separated from th...

"You don't protect civilization by dismantling its civilizing achievements."  - Tom Arnold , former member of the British Par...

Man oh man... Apart from the immediate concerns for the injured and dead, I dread some of the reverberations from the bomb attack in Oslo....

In the comments thread of the Meat and Veg(etarianism) post, I drew a parallel between the ethical treatment of animals and the banning of...

So I'm a few days late, but Monday was Columbus Day for our friends over States' side. I know this because Aguanomics mentioned it ...

Africa. Where men are men. And so, it seems, are certain women... The following link was posted on my facebook profile by an Italian frie...