Think again.

May 4, 2007 10:58 PM

Audits of the Conventional Wisdom"MIT's Center for International Studies tours the horizon of conventional wisdoms that animate U.S. foreign policy, and puts them to the test of data and history."
posted by Abiezer (11 comments total)

Awesome link. I like the show me the money one. "Let's streamline bureaucracy by adding another layer on top!" always seemed like a dumb idea to me.
posted by BrotherCaine at 11:10 PM on May 4, 2007

Yum!
posted by Firas at 12:29 AM on May 5, 2007

Wow!
posted by taosbat at 12:36 AM on May 5, 2007

Amazing. Thanks.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 3:57 AM on May 5, 2007

Very nice. Thanks for the post!
posted by zerobyproxy at 5:42 AM on May 5, 2007

I'm curious, but not Opening a PDF curious.
posted by Eideteker at 7:43 AM on May 5, 2007

...because opening a PDF is such a horribly taxing burden.
posted by aberrant at 10:10 AM on May 5, 2007 [1 favorite has favorites]

...because opening a PDF is so much harder than writing a comment to say you're not going to be opening a PDF

These are awesome, Abeizer, thank you. It's like being issued talking points for non-imbeciles.
posted by George_Spiggott at 12:39 PM on May 5, 2007

In defence of Eideteker, I didn't link to individual articles because of the PDF thing, but the ones I read on subjects I'm somewhat familiar with were thought-provoking and most worthwhile. Gives me some confidence that the articles on issues I'm more ignorant of will also be educational.
posted by Abiezer at 12:44 PM on May 5, 2007

"...because opening a PDF is such a horribly taxing burden."

It is on my computer.
posted by Eideteker at 2:48 PM on May 5, 2007

Thank you.
posted by dangerousdan at 4:32 PM on May 5, 2007