Weekly roundup: September 19-25

Articles

Forgive student loans? Worst idea ever. from Freakonomics

Ontario's electric circus from National Post

Popularity of bacon jam spreads from The Globe and Mail [I do like all the bacon jams I have eaten.]

Hudak charts a skewed course from Ottawa Citizen

Slide show: Your cheatin' charts from Ottawa Citizen [Be sure to click on the photos tab for the story and go through all the analyzed charts.]

Gen Y's pampered losers are just a myth from The Globe and Mail

The five minute question period from P41Questions

Violence Vanquished from The Wall Street Journal

A visual history of literary references on 'The Simpsons' from the Atlantic

Tweets

Screenshot from Twitter. 2011-09-21T15:57:01.000Z. @mattmight@mathstodon.xyz (@mattmight). "You seemed taller on twitter.".

Screenshot from Twitter. 2011-09-22T18:32:38.000Z. Rob Cottingham (@RobCottingham). In fairness to Peter MacKay, have you never wanted to be rescued from a lousy holiday?.

My girlfriend giving me play by play of The Rachel Ray Show: "They just gave her an ovation for putting Dijon mustard on a fucking burger."

— Dustin Parkes (@dustinparkes) September 22, 2011

McGuinty is firmly opposed to NIMBYism. Unless it's in Mississauga. Or Oakville. Or any other riding where his party holds a seat. #ONpoli

— Emmett Macfarlane (@EmmMacfarlane) September 24, 2011

@EmmMacfarlane McGuinty is firmly committed to building power plants in somebody else's back yard.

— Ivor Tossell (@ivortossell) September 24, 2011

Video

^ via Bill Brioux's TV Feeds my Family