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Comment Economist Steven Levitt almost got arrested too (Score 5, Informative) 441

Economist Steven Levitt also had an interesting story of how he almost got arrested because he bought a last min one-way flight, and that he carried research paper on terrorist activities:

I almost got sent to Guantanamo
By Steven D. Levitt
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2005/07/14/i-almost-got-sent-to-guantanamo/

Comment Re:A modest proposal (Score 1) 321

I thought "a modest proposal" involves eating Irish children. Coincidentally, this year's St Patrick's Day is on Mar 15.
So how about we make kids into pie to celebrate Pi Day, and then eating the pie to celebrate St Patrick's Day?
(Those who don't get it, please google Jonathan Swift's essay "A Modest Proposal")

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