Author: Vikram Bath
The Bright Side of Short Sellers
Short sellers helped focus attention on the practices of Lumber Liquidators.
Which Celebrity Offenses do We Forgive?
It’s hard to guess what offenses the public will forgive and which they will remember.
An Unintentional Confession
Two startup founders reveal their true selves while eviscerating an employee in a blog post.
Research Complements Teaching
Research, in addition to teaching, deserves to be part of a good university’s mission.
Questioning the Bad-Apple View of Policing
There is considerable evidence that the issues with policing in the US are not constrained to a few bad apples.
Why Republicans Will Have a Hard Time Gaining Asian Support
It’s not that we can’t like Republicans. It’s that we can’t see Republicans liking us.
How Your Kid Can Make a Good Science Fair Project
Your science fair experience doesn’t have to be terrible.
Liveblogging my Reading of “In College and Hiding From Scary Ideas”
A post guaranteed to not feature much thought or reflection.
Police Officer Training Makes Officers More Fearful, not Less
The deadly responses of law enforcement to situations we would consider relatively benign makes sense when you consider what they are taught.
How Do We Get People to Stop Thinking They Know So Much Better?
If you hate markets, try the alternative.
How I Think You Should Try to Get into an Elite College, Part 2
How to get into an elite college while Asian
How I Think You Should Try to Get into an Elite College
“Well-rounded” may not mean what you think it means.
A Point in Favor of a Bobby Jindal Presidency
Vikram is in China enjoying the spillover effects of having a black president.
Black Mirror 102, “15 Million Merits”
Vikram’s title for this episode would have been “The Hedonic Exercise Bike”.
A More Modest Defense of Free Speech
Free speech can be viewed as a truce between enemies rather than an inherent good.
