Bibliography Exercise

King, Stephen
1981. Cujo. New York: Viking Press.

Torre, Joe
2009. The Yankee Years. New York: Doubleday.

Grann, David
2009. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon. New York: Doubleday.

Berman, Morris
2006. Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.

Roth, Phillip
1969. Portnoy’s Complaint. New York: Random House.

Unpopular conclusion of "Freakonomics"

On occasion, a book or an article decides to go against the grain and draw a conclusion that is unpopular with the common belief of people. One of my favorite books, and an example of such a technique is "Freakonomics", by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. The book draws a correlation between crime and legalized abortion. "Legalized abortion led to less unwantedness; unwantedness leads to high crime; legalized abortion, therefore, led to less crime"(Levitt 139). What I really appreciated about this book is that it attempts to back up it's wild accusations with objective proof. The book is an excellent read, and one of many that I recommend to show how school subjects (in this case economics) are applied in real life.

References

Levitt, Steven D., Dubner, Stephen J.
2005. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. New York: Harper Collins.

"Why are you Jiggling"

Where o slang terms come from? Recently my 10 year old nephew has been driving his mom, and granddad crazy with "Why are you jiggling", "Why are YOU JIGGLING". I wonder where this came from, and I actually find it quite amusing. They have learned, also, to laugh at these phrases rather than get annoyed by them. I hope this one catches on..