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Our resident quote bleggar Fred Shapiro, editor of The Yale Book of Quotations, is back with another request. If you have a bleg of your own — it needn’t have…
Our resident quote bleggar Fred Shapiro, editor of The Yale Book of Quotations, is back with another request. If you have a bleg of your own — it needn’t have…
…know? Things I would be foolish to miss? The last time I posted a travel bleg (for Las Vegas), I was richly rewarded. Fingers crossed for this one — and…
Here’s the most recent guest bleg from Fred Shapiro, editor of the Yale Book of Quotations. His past blegs can be found here. Last week about 100 people responded to…
…what to see, learn, eat, etc., would be most appreciated. And don’t forget to send along your own blegs. (For those who don’t know: bleg = begging on a blog.)…
Photo: That Guy Who’s Going Places Here’s a desperate bleg from a reader named Theo Bryan. (Send your own blegs here.) Hey, I am living with my stepfather and don’t…
Please take a look at the following bleg and offer whatever fruitful ideas you might have. Dear Freakonomics, My name is Michael Frank and I recently began working for a…
Our resident quote bleggar Fred Shapiro, editor of The Yale Book of Quotations, is back with another request. If you have a bleg of your own — it needn’t have…
…a boy’s toy or a girl’s toy?” Sometimes they don’t ask any toy question (because they have a one-size-fits-all toy). Already Been Blegged Here’s what Freakonomics readers have been blegging…
A reader from Boston named Robert Veneman-Hughes writes in with a bleg request on a subject we’ve wondered about before here: gas siphoning. Here’s what I wrote not long ago…
A while back, we ran a bleg in which a reader needed help dividing up a loved one’s furniture and other property. Now a reader named M. writes with a…
Our resident quote bleggar Fred Shapiro, editor of the Yale Book of Quotations, is back with another request. If you have a bleg of your own — it needn’t have…
…simulated, for students to work on. These tasks would be organized by subject area or industry, such as computer science, mechanical engineering, journalism, marketing, web design, etc. Already Been Blegged…
A reader named Karisa Cloward, a school teacher, needs your help. Her dilemma calls to mind earlier blegs about roommates/rent and dividing up a loved one’s earthly goods. This fall…
…superior, not an employee, so please think in both directions. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below. And send your own blegs to bleg [at] freakonomics [dot] com….
…Samuel Johnson. Authors Uncovered Here are more quote authors Shapiro’s tracked down recently. More Quote Authors Uncovered Let Me Trace Your Quotes Answering Your Blegs For a Change H.F.Hunter asks…
Five weeks ago, I invited readers to submit quotations for which they wanted me to try to trace the origins, using The Yale Book of Quotations and more recent research…
…from a house that’s worth far less than his mortgage? Already Been Blegged Here’s what Freakonomics readers have been blegging for lately. How to Handicap a Multi-Race Challenge? Book-Club Questions…
(Hemera) This bleg comes from reader Wayne Smith, who asks for suggestions on which economic concepts are the most important for kids to learn: What topics do the Freakonomics readers…
A reader named Chuck Amos writes: My bleg is for a list of reliable, unbiased, and intelligent news sources that present general information in a readable and user-friendly way. This…
Here’s the latest bleg request from Fred Shapiro, editor of the Yale Book of Quotations. You can find his past blegs here and you can send blegs of your own…
Photo: iStockphoto A reader who works as a research scientist but wishes his name to be kept anonymous — “to avoid any hate mail coming my way” — writes in…
Seven weeks ago, I invited readers to submit quotations for which they wanted me to try to trace the origins, using The Yale Book of Quotations and more recent research…
Comstock In response to our call for blegs, a reader named Lisa Klink writes to ask your advice: I just started a job at the Red Cross teaching preparedness education….
A reader named Gregory Riffe wants the Freakonomics blog readership to help solve a dilemma: I live in Michigan and like many other Michiganders, I like to go camping in…
Photo: iStockphoto We’ll be spending a couple of days this week in Washington, D.C. It’ll be my kids’ first trip. (They are 10 and 9.) Am looking for non-obvious things…
Six weeks ago, I invited readers to submit quotations for which they wanted me to try to trace the origins, using The Yale Book of Quotations and more recent research…
Image: Tall Chris Two weeks ago, I invited readers to submit quotations for which they wanted me to try to trace the origins, using The Yale Book of Quotations and…
It’s official: Freakonomics is going to be turned into a feature-length documentary film. It will be an omnibus format, with different stories within the film told by different directors. According…
Conor Hunt, an I.T. consultant in Chicago, writes with a dilemma that, while common, seems to be always unsatisfactorily solved. Two friends — a merchandising analyst and a law student…
Today’s parents are spending?dramatically more time on childcare than their parents did.? What’s more, this rise has disproportionately occurred among those with the most education.? At least, that’s the conclusion…