Saturday, March 31, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Life Rides With The Hells Angels by Bill Ray and Joe Bride
Life Rides With The Hells Angels by Bill Ray and Joe Bride
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
How to Think about Inequality by Peter Wehner and Ropbert P. Peschel, Jr.
How to Think about Inequality by Peter Wehner and Ropbert P. Peschel, Jr.
The Witherspoon Institute Public Discourse, website
The Witherspoon Institute Public Discourse, website
Native Tongues by Simon Winchester
Native Tongues by Simon Winchester
Cheating our children: Suspicious school test scores across the nation by Heather Vogell, John Perry and Alan Judd and M.B. Pell
Cheating our children: Suspicious school test scores across the nation by Heather Vogell, John Perry and Alan Judd and M.B. Pell
Cheating Scandal Goes National by Walter Russell Mead
Cheating Scandal Goes National by Walter Russell Mead
History Repeats: In Europe, They Want Jewish Blood by Walter Russell Mead
History Repeats: In Europe, They Want Jewish Blood by Walter Russell Mead
High Debt, Low Information: A Survey of Student Loan Borrowers by Healey C. Whitsett
High Debt, Low Information: A Survey of Student Loan Borrowers by Healey C. Whitsett
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
When Poverty Was White by Nell Irvin Painter
When Poverty Was White by Nell Irvin Painter
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
10 Ways to Visualize How Americans Spend Money on Health Care by Derek Thompson
10 Ways to Visualize How Americans Spend Money on Health Care by Derek Thompson
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Dismantling the Capote myth by Jack Shafer
Dismantling the Capote myth by Jack Shafer
Labels:
Communication,
Facts,
Fiction,
Journalism,
Truth,
Writing
The Elephant in the Room by Elizabeth Bluemle
The Elephant in the Room by Elizabeth Bluemle
The Way We Read Now by Dwight Garner
The Way We Read Now by Dwight Garner
State Integrity Investigation from The Center For Public Integrity
State Integrity Investigation from The Center For Public Integrity
Two Cheers for Double Standards by Stanley Fish
Two Cheers for Double Standards by Stanley Fish
Monday, March 19, 2012
Re-making Man by Choice and Decree by Jeffrey Bossert Clark
Re-making Man by Choice and Decree by Jeffrey Bossert Clark
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Why Bilinguals Are Smarter by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
Why Bilinguals Are Smarter by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
What Isn’t for Sale? by Michael J. Sandel
What Isn’t for Sale? by Michael J. Sandel
Love continues to tear us apart by Robert Fulford
Love continues to tear us apart by Robert Fulford
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Who's Obama sneering at? by Mark Steyn
Who's Obama sneering at? by Mark Steyn
Generational Differences in Young Adults’ Life Goals, Concern for Others, and Civic Orientation, 1966–2009 by Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell, and Elise C. Freeman
Generational Differences in Young Adults’ Life Goals, Concern for Others, and Civic Orientation, 1966–2009 by Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell, and Elise C. Freeman
Friday, March 16, 2012
Story of a Good Brahmin by Voltaire
Story of a Good Brahmin by Voltaire
Citizens United and the Scope of Professor Teachout’s Anti-Corruption Principle by Seth Barrett Tillman
Citizens United and the Scope of Professor Teachout’s Anti-Corruption Principle by Seth Barrett Tillman
Labels:
Analogy,
Argument,
Constitution,
History,
Law,
Scholarship
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Top of the Class a review by Austin Bramwell of Privilege: The Making of an Adolescent Elite at St. Paul’s School, Shamus Khan
Top of the Class a review by Austin Bramwell of Privilege: The Making of an Adolescent Elite at St. Paul’s School, Shamus Khan
Labels:
Book Reviews,
Class,
Education,
Elite,
Essay,
Meritocracy,
Privilege
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Vitamin D on Trial by Amy Maxmen
Vitamin D on Trial by Amy Maxmen
Labels:
Argument,
Design,
Difficulty,
Ethics,
Experiment,
Trade-Offs,
Vitamins
The Big Hoax by Thomas Sowell
The Big Hoax by Thomas Sowell
Monday, March 12, 2012
Teacher Evaluation Fail in New York by Walter Russell Mead
Teacher Evaluation Fail in New York by Walter Russell Mead
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Minority students as targets? from The Los Angeles Times
Minority students as targets? from The Los Angeles Times
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Each Teacher Wonders, Is This the One? by Alexandra J. Ravenelle
Each Teacher Wonders, Is This the One? by Alexandra J. Ravenelle
How To Be Creative by Jonah Lehrer
How To Be Creative by Jonah Lehrer
Friday, March 9, 2012
Why Can't Germans Say 'Squirrel'? by Natalie Wolchover
Why Can't Germans Say 'Squirrel'? by Natalie Wolchover
Tuning In to Dropping Out by Alex Tabarrok
Tuning In to Dropping Out by Alex Tabarrok
College Completion: Who graduates from college, who doesn't and why it matters from The Chronicle of Higher Education
College Completion: Who graduates from college, who doesn't and why it matters from The Chronicle of Higher Education
Labels:
Education,
Graphic,
Maps,
Measurement,
Results,
University
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Exercise Alters Epigenetics by Hannah Waters
Exercise Alters Epigenetics by Hannah Waters
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
The God wars by Bryan Appleyard
The God wars by Bryan Appleyard
Category mistake from Wikipedia
Category mistake from Wikipedia
Winston’s Hiccup by Frank Jacobs
Winston’s Hiccup by Frank Jacobs
Black Students Face More Discipline, Data Suggests by Tamar Lewin
Black Students Face More Discipline, Data Suggests by Tamar Lewin
Labels:
Education,
Gender,
Measurement,
Punishment,
Race,
Schools
"Black students, especially boys, face much harsher discipline in public schools than other students..." from Ann Althouse
"Black students, especially boys, face much harsher discipline in public schools than other students..." from Ann Althouse
Labels:
Behavior,
Education,
Gender,
Measurement,
Punishment,
Race,
Schools
Will wet hair give you a cold? by Claudia Hammond
Will wet hair give you a cold? by Claudia Hammond
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Rick Santorum Isn’t Crazy by Stanley Fish
Rick Santorum Isn’t Crazy by Stanley Fish
The Rediscovery of Character by David Brooks
The Rediscovery of Character by David Brooks
The rediscovery of character: private virtue and public policy by James Q. Wilson
The rediscovery of character: private virtue and public policy by James Q. Wilson
At Tribe’s Door, a Hub of Beer and Heartache by Timothy Williams
At Tribe’s Door, a Hub of Beer and Heartache by Timothy Williams
Labels:
Alcohol,
Culture,
Failure,
Law,
Native Americans,
Regulation
Snoring children more likely to have behavior problem by Marlene de Wilde
Snoring children more likely to have behavior problem by Marlene de Wilde
Australia’s Changing View of the Dingo by James Gorman and Christine Kenneally
Australia’s Changing View of the Dingo by James Gorman and Christine Kenneally
Monday, March 5, 2012
The Intelligence Paradox by Steve Davis
The Intelligence Paradox by Steve Davis
Innovation Is a Remix: What Star Wars Teaches Us About Creativity by Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry
Innovation Is a Remix: What Star Wars Teaches Us About Creativity by Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry
Sunday, March 4, 2012
What We Have Lost by Eric Hoffer
What We Have Lost by Eric Hoffer
The Legacy of Eric Hoffer by Thomas Sowell
The Legacy of Eric Hoffer by Thomas Sowell
Does Couples Therapy Work? by Elizabeth Weil
Does Couples Therapy Work? by Elizabeth Weil
Labels:
Conflict,
Failure,
Marriage,
Measurement,
Psychology
James Q. Wilson: An empiricist with a moral sense—and he could write too from the Wall Street Journal
James Q. Wilson: An empiricist with a moral sense—and he could write too from the Wall Street Journal
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Redheads feel a different pain by Thomas Hoffmann
Redheads feel a different pain by Thomas Hoffmann
Labels:
Biology,
Differences,
Evolution,
Genetics,
Paint,
Population,
Redheads
Regional English, Tweet by Tweet by Jennifer Schuessler
Regional English, Tweet by Tweet by Jennifer Schuessler
Friday, March 2, 2012
Nolan Chart from Wikipedia
Nolan Chart from Wikipedia
A Measure of Media Bias by Tim Groseclose and Jeff Milyo
A Measure of Media Bias by Tim Groseclose and Jeff Milyo
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Missing Women: Age and Disease bu Siwan Anderson and Debraj Ray
Missing Women: Age and Disease by Siwan Anderson and Debraj Ray
The waiting room principle by Zachary Abel
The waiting room principle by Zachary Abel
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