What happens when you cross Uber with a bus? dollar vans in the outer boroughs of New York City.

The most successful vans service transit-rich corridors, like Brooklyn’s Flatbush and Utica Avenues, both of which are well served by the bus—indicating that residents still want more options. While the vans attract passengers like Green, who would normally ride the bus, they operate more like hybrid bus-taxis. They make more precise stops, for one thing. They operate more frequently, guarantee riders a seat, cost less than the bus, and get passengers where they need to go more quickly. (They can improvise routes in response to heavy traffic or accidents, thus reducing delays.)

Irony, thy name is Western Liberty University. A taste:

What was the provost so incensed by? That students might merely consider diverse ideas. Even though the campus is riddled with professors who are left of center, he wanted to suppress speech and keep students from the exposure to the ideas of freedom and liberty. Indeed, one professor told me I needed to “shut my mouth” if I wanted to “keep my job.” WLU seemingly felt threatened by an alternative voice on campus.

Regressives gotta purge, ya know? ideological purity and all that...

One shouldn't question a process that works:

I knew a comedian who had a spreadsheet on which he had every line from his act intended to get any sort of reaction from an audience listed in the left hand column. He’d tape record every show, then spend part of the next day listening to the entire act, pausing the recording after every reaction and scoring that reaction on the spreadsheet on a scale from one to ten. If a line fell below a certain percentage, it was cut from the act.

Ric and I both agreed that it was an insane plan, which would rob our friend’s act of its soul. I should point out that our friend is still a comedian. Ric and I are not.

In the good news category: Cameroon army whacks a Boko Haram group and frees their hostages.

Why do flyers hate U.S. airports? Because they suck. Or more broadly, the entire flying experience in the U.S., except for the actual flying-through-the-air part, sucks.

Older workers vs. younger workers at the UAW. And as a bonus, exporting jobs to Mexico is evidently better than moving jobs to right-to-work states. Which is interesting since Michigan is now a right-to-work state...

A story I think our blog hostess would really like: Scientists find a link between low intelligence and acceptance of 'pseudo-profound bulls***'

Those who are impressed by wise-sounding quotes are also more likely to believe in conspiracy theories and the paranormal

Those damn unvetted voters:

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was asked Thursday in New Hampshire whether the alleged sexual abuse or harassment victims of her husband should be believed, given her recent tweet on the matter.