They set out to test these hypotheses on human subjects consisting of Cornell undergraduates who were registered in various psychology courses. In a series of studies, Kruger and Dunning examined self-assessment of logical reasoning skills, grammatical skills, and humor. After being shown their test scores, the subjects were again asked to estimate their own rank, whereupon the competent group accurately estimated their rank, while the incompetent group still overestimated their

Daniel Halper at PJM: These numbers only show the AFL-CIO’s political donations in the last 18 years. As one can see, the average shows an overwhelming bias in favor of the Democratic Party: 96 percent of all donations have been to the Democrats, while only 4 percent have been made to Republican candidates. It’s no secret: the Democratic Party benefits monetarily from increased unionization. And lower membership means fewer donations,

Scandal-plagued Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will not resign Monday, his spokesman said Sunday, but pressure to do so continued to grow on the governor to step aside before he is impeached. The article goes on to say that one of Blago’s chief concerns is that he continue to draw a pension. Tip to Madigan: you can’ts shame what gots no shame.

Responding to a Newsweek piece that reveals that the man who leaked details of the Bush Administration’s NSA surveillance program is one Thomas Tamm, Patterico urges prosecution. Normally, I would agree. However, one shocking, sickening detail from the Newsweek piece makes me reluctant to urge prosecution: as a child, Thomas Tamm played under J. Edgar Hoover’s desk. *Shudder* Hasn’t he suffered enough?

In The Time Machine II, we send our hero, Al Gore, back into the late 1920s to invent the internet and prevent the Holocaust. In The Time Machine III, he thwarts the invention of the internal combustion engine. Insty has been having some fun with a leftoid who recently accused him of hypermasculinism, counter-claiming that he’s a “nebbish overlord.” The simple solution is to add the term “stat” to every

To Frank Rich of the New York Times (D-Bankrupt), he’s a timely whipping boy. I like my whipping boys to be timely. But he’s getting two cheers from Rich, because his principal significance is that he offers an opportunity to regurgitate a bunch of venom about the eeeeeeevil Booooooosh Regime. Has anybody here seen my old friend Chuckie? Charity begins–and ends–at home. Time for corrupt Chicago pols trading cards. Real

We’ve already nominated our books, so what do you think?

I’ll never pooh-pooh that argument again. (h/t N. O’B.) Hey, you know what’s really hateful, though? Related: Pete the Pawnkiller (h/t thor)

Unintended consequences Stolen via Beth From David Thompson comes a look into the staggering triumphs of government-subsidized artist Camilla Vestergaard: Quite a few people came and wrote on the car, including two middle-aged women whose conservative attire stood out in the crowd. It wasn’t until later, when a commotion arose, that I saw that they had written “FUCK THE POLICE!” in large bold letters on the drivers’ side of the

Striking yet another blow at the very heart of piracy in the Gulf of Aden, Indian warship INS Mysore and its marine commandos thwarted a hijack attempt on an Ethiopian merchant vessel on Saturday and captured 23 pirates and a large arms cache in the operation. ( Watch ) The arrest of the 23 pirates (12 Somali and 11 Yemeni) and the arms haul is the largest such seizure in