Via the Chicago Sun-Times: A University of Chicago and Yale-New Haven Hospital survey of 1,260 doctors found that those who considered themselves atheist or agnostic were just as likely to provide care for patients with little or no health insurance than those who were religious — a departure from studies finding that religious people are more charitable towards the poor. . . .
A few weeks back Dubner blogged about the video resume. Far more effective, it turns out, is the front-page resume. I have a good friend named Sally. Last week she won a $25,000 prize as “Nurse of the Year.” This week she got laid off! That made for a great story in the Chicago Sun-Times today. The new job offers . . .
I am currently in the process of hiring a new assistant. (Yes, Nicole has been here for more than a year, and I vow at the outset to hold no assistant captive for much longer than that.) I posted an ad on Craig’s List and received roughly 200 resumes. Many of them are impressive. From an anthropological standpoint, nearly every . . .