Friday, September 27, 2013

Marketing American Girlhood by Elizabeth Marshall

Marketing American Girlhood by Elizabeth Marshall

Machiavelli: Still Shocking after Five Centuries book review by Stewart Patrick

Machiavelli: Still Shocking after Five Centuries book review by Stewart Patrick

Parenting, Time Use, and Disparities in Academic Outcomes by Meredith Phillips

Parenting, Time Use, and Disparities in Academic Outcomes by Meredith Phillips

Social Reproduction and Child-Rearing Practices: Social Class, Children's Agency, and the Summer Activity Gap by Tiffani Chin and Meredith Phillips

Social Reproduction and Child-Rearing Practices: Social Class, Children's Agency, and the Summer Activity Gap by Tiffani Chin and Meredith Phillips

Some Thoughts Concerning Education by John Locke

Some Thoughts Concerning Education by John Locke

The Parenting Gap by Richard V. Reeves, Isabel Sawhill, & Kimberly Howard

The Parenting Gap by Richard V. Reeves, Isabel Sawhill, & Kimberly Howard

Violence in Chicago: A Tale of Two Cities by Noah Berlatsky

Violence in Chicago: A Tale of Two Cities by Noah Berlatsky

Are Women Really Less Corrupt Than Men? by Joshua Keating

Are Women Really Less Corrupt Than Men? by Joshua Keating

Monday, September 23, 2013

That’s not autism: It’s simply a brainy, introverted boy by Enrico Gnaulati Ph.D.

That’s not autism: It’s simply a brainy, introverted boy by Enrico Gnaulati Ph.D.

The Adult Education Market is Imploding by Mike Caulfield

The Adult Education Market is Imploding by Mike Caulfield

The two most important numbers in American health care by Ezra Klein

The two most important numbers in American health care by Ezra Klein

Do American public schools really stink? Maybe not by Stephanie Simon

Do American public schools really stink? Maybe not by Stephanie Simon

Wal-Mart, "Living Wage" and Grabby Government by Carl M. Cannon

Wal-Mart, "Living Wage" and Grabby Government by Carl M. Cannon

Trying to assess learning gives colleges their own test anxiety by Daniel de Vise

Trying to assess learning gives colleges their own test anxiety by Daniel de Vise

Improving Undergraduate Learning: Findings and Policy Recommendations from the SSRC-CLA Longitudinal Project by Richard Arum, Josipa Roksa, and Esther Cho

Improving Undergraduate Learning: Findings and Policy Recommendations from the SSRC-CLA Longitudinal Project by Richard Arum, Josipa Roksa, and Esther Cho

Six Lies Most People Believe About U.S. Schools by Joy Pullmann

Six Lies Most People Believe About U.S. Schools by Joy Pullmann

Is the U.S. Catching Up? International and state trends in student achievement by Eric A. Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson and Ludger Woessmann

Is the U.S. Catching Up? International and state trends in student achievement by Eric A. Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson and Ludger Woessmann

Yes, Patriarchy Is Dead; the Feminists Prove It by Cathy Young

Yes, Patriarchy Is Dead; the Feminists Prove It by Cathy Young

Voters don’t care how women in politics look by Danny Hayes and Jennifer L. Lawless

Voters don’t care how women in politics look by Danny Hayes and Jennifer L. Lawless

A Voice for Male Students by Jonathan Taylor

A Voice for Male Students by Jonathan Taylor

Positional good concept from Wikipedia

Positional good concept from Wikipedia

Sunday, September 22, 2013

101 Great Jewish Books from Tablet

101 Great Jewish Books from Tablet

How Jeffrey Sachs failed to save Africa book review by Margaret Wente

How Jeffrey Sachs failed to save Africa book review by Margaret Wente

U.S. Textile Plants Return, With Floors Largely Empty of People by Stephanie Clifford

U.S. Textile Plants Return, With Floors Largely Empty of People by Stephanie Clifford

Chart of the Day: Median income in DC vs the rest of us by Ed Morrissey

Chart of the Day: Median income in DC vs the rest of us by Ed Morrissey

Labor's Declining Share of Income and Rising Inequality by Margaret Jacobson

Labor's Declining Share of Income and Rising Inequality by Margaret Jacobson

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

DNA Double Take by Carl Zimmer

DNA Double Take by Carl Zimmer

Coring the Big Apple by James Surowiecki

Coring the Big Apple by James Surowiecki

Report Suggests Nearly Half of U.S. Jobs Are Vulnerable to Computerization by Aviva Hope Rutkin

Report Suggests Nearly Half of U.S. Jobs Are Vulnerable to Computerization by Aviva Hope Rutkin

How to Create Another Housing Crisis by Robert C. Pozen

How to Create Another Housing Crisis by Robert C. Pozen

A New Financial History of Detroit by Walter Russell Mead

A New Financial History of Detroit by Walter Russell Mead

Where Americans—Rich and Poor—Spent Every Dollar in 2012 by Derek Thompson

Where Americans—Rich and Poor—Spent Every Dollar in 2012 by Derek Thompson

Is It Possible To Fit the Civil War Into a Single Chart? Here's One Beautiful Attempt by Rebecca Onion

Is It Possible To Fit the Civil War Into a Single Chart? Here's One Beautiful Attempt by Rebecca Onion

Monday, September 16, 2013

Our inner cities became the safest places. Let's export urban safety by Doug Saunders

Our inner cities became the safest places. Let's export urban safety by Doug Saunders

The Rational Choices of Crack Addicts by John Tierney

The Rational Choices of Crack Addicts by John Tierney

Myths Surround Breakfast and Weight by Anahad O'Connor

Myths Surround Breakfast and Weight by Anahad O'Connor

How people argue with research they don’t like by Dylan Matthews

How people argue with research they don’t like by Dylan Matthews

Trading Privilege for Privation, Family Hits a Nerve in South Africa by Lydia Polgreen

Trading Privilege for Privation, Family Hits a Nerve in South Africa by Lydia Polgreen

Do workplace wellness programs work? by Rahul K. Parikh

Do workplace wellness programs work? by Rahul K. Parikh

As College Graduates Hit the Workforce, So Do More Entitlement-Minded Workers by Paul Harvey

As College Graduates Hit the Workforce, So Do More Entitlement-Minded Workers by Paul Harvey

Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy by Wait But Why

Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy by Wait But Why

Putting Time In Perspective from Wait But Why

Putting Time In Perspective from Wait But Why

The Death Toll Comparison Breakdown from Wait But Why

The Death Toll Comparison Breakdown from Wait But Why

School privatization is a hoax, “reformers” aim to destroy public schools by Diane Ravitch

School privatization is a hoax, “reformers” aim to destroy public schools by Diane Ravitch

Sunday, September 15, 2013

The Brogrammer Effect: Women Are a Small (and Shrinking) Share of Computer Workers by Jordan Weissmann

The Brogrammer Effect: Women Are a Small (and Shrinking) Share of Computer Workers by Jordan Weissmann

This doesn't compute: As more women enter scientific fields, their numbers in computer science are declining by Anne Brataas

This doesn't compute: As more women enter scientific fields, their numbers in computer science are declining by Anne Brataas

The Mysterious and Alarming Rise of Single Parenthood in America by Aparna Mathur, Hao Fu, and Peter Hansen

The Mysterious and Alarming Rise of Single Parenthood in America by Aparna Mathur, Hao Fu, and Peter Hansen

A change in culture or a failure of memory and a glorification of the past? by Tyler Cowen

A change in culture or a failure of memory and a glorification of the past? by Tyler Cowen

Why 'Drink More Water'? by James Hamblin

Why 'Drink More Water'? by James Hamblin

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Record Share of New Mothers Are College Educated from Pew Research Center

Record Share of New Mothers Are College Educated from Pew Research Center

The Real Reason the Poor Go Without Bank Accounts by Lisa J. Servon

The Real Reason the Poor Go Without Bank Accounts by Lisa J. Servon

Public Universities Ramp Up Aid for the Wealthy, Leaving the Poor Behind by Marian Wang

Public Universities Ramp Up Aid for the Wealthy, Leaving the Poor Behind by Marian Wang

Sinister Statistics: Do Left Handed People Die Young? by Alex Tabarrok

Sinister Statistics: Do Left Handed People Die Young? by Alex Tabarrok

Did Demographics Cause 1970s Stagflation? by Megan McArdle

Did Demographics Cause 1970s Stagflation? by Megan McArdle

The Crushing Racism of Low Expectations by Liz Peek

The Crushing Racism of Low Expectations by Liz Peek

The Falling Man by Tom Junod

The Falling Man by Tom Junod

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Harvard's Gender Bender by Megan McArdle

Harvard's Gender Bender by Megan McArdle

Class Is Seen Dividing Harvard Business School by Jodi Kantor

Class Is Seen Dividing Harvard Business School by Jodi Kantor

What's It Worth? The Economic Value of College Majors by Anthony P. Carnevale, et al

What's It Worth? The Economic Value of College Majors by Anthony P. Carnevale, et al

An America where caring is as important as competing by Anne-Marie Slaughter

An America where caring is as important as competing by Anne-Marie Slaughter

Even Mathematically Literate People Become Innumerate when they Focus on Political Issues by Ilya Somin

Even Mathematically Literate People Become Innumerate when they Focus on Political Issues by Ilya Somin

Motivated Numeracy and the Enlightenment by Bryan Caplan

Motivated Numeracy and the Enlightenment by Bryan Caplan

Against Human Weakness by Bryan Caplan

Against Human Weakness by Bryan Caplan

One Classroom, Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan

One Classroom, Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan

Americans' Family Feud by Joel Kotkin

Americans' Family Feud by Joel Kotkin

Swedish Lessons for Obama by Nima Sanandaji

Swedish Lessons for Obama by Nima Sanandaji

A Map Of America's Future: Where Growth Will Be Over The Next Decade by Joel Kotkin and Mark Schill

A Map Of America's Future: Where Growth Will Be Over The Next Decade by Joel Kotkin and Mark Schill

Sunday, September 8, 2013

For Millenials Connections Are Easy, Friendships Are Hard by Maura Pennington

For Millenials Connections Are Easy, Friendships Are Hard by Maura Pennington

How Political Fans are Like Sports Fans - Why Voters are Highly Biased in their Evaluation of Political Information by Ilya Somin

How Political Fans are Like Sports Fans - Why Voters are Highly Biased in their Evaluation of Political Information by Ilya Somin

State Takes Baby for First 75 Days of the Baby’s Life, Because of Mother’s Use of Poppy Seed Dressing by Eugene Volokh

State Takes Baby for First 75 Days of the Baby’s Life, Because of Mother’s Use of Poppy Seed Dressing by Eugene Volokh

Corsi’s Life of Political Crime by Jonathan H. Adler

Corsi’s Life of Political Crime by Jonathan H. Adler

Mindless The new neuro-skeptics by Adam Gopnik

Mindless The new neuro-skeptics by Adam Gopnik

Why trust climate models? It’s a matter of simple science by Scott K. Johnson

Why trust climate models? It’s a matter of simple science by Scott K. Johnson

Suburb Hating is Anti-Child by Mike Lanza

Suburb Hating is Anti-Child by Mike Lanza

Who Will Prosper in the New World by Tyler Cowen

Who Will Prosper in the New World by Tyler Cowen

The Constitutional Status of Islam by Peter Berger

The Constitutional Status of Islam by Peter Berger

35 Questions That Will Change Your Life by Jason Nazar

35 Questions That Will Change Your Life by Jason Nazar

Harvard Business School Case Study: Gender Equity by Jodi Kantor

Harvard Business School Case Study: Gender Equity by Jodi Kantor

Economics/Sociology Phrase Book by Jeffrey A. Smith and Kermit Daniel

Economics/Sociology Phrase Book by Jeffrey A. Smith and Kermit Daniel

Alimony for Your Eggs by Sarah Elizabeth Richards

Alimony for Your Eggs by Sarah Elizabeth Richards

Friday, September 6, 2013

Monstrous by Theodore Dalrymple

Monstrous by Theodore Dalrymple

Francis Lieber (1839) on Interpretation by Eugene Volokh

Francis Lieber (1839) on Interpretation by Eugene Volokh

Race-Based Hate Crimes, the UCR, and the NCVS by Eugene Volokh

Race-Based Hate Crimes, the UCR, and the NCVS by Eugene Volokh

Who Was J. D. Salinger? by Adam Gopnik

Who Was J. D. Salinger? by Adam Gopnik

The Truth About Political Science and the NSF by Peter Lawler

The Truth About Political Science and the NSF by Peter Lawler

Earth science: How plate tectonics clicked by Naomi Oreskes

Earth science: How plate tectonics clicked by Naomi Oreskes

Earth science: How plate tectonics clicked by Naomi Oreskes

Earth science: How plate tectonics clicked by Naomi Oreskes

The Protestant Work Ethic Is Real by Daniel Luzer

The Protestant Work Ethic Is Real by Daniel Luzer

Malcolm Gladwell Is Underrated by Ian Leslie

Malcolm Gladwell Is Underrated by Ian Leslie

Why Johnnies Around the World Can’t Read by Charles Kenny

Why Johnnies Around the World Can’t Read by Charles Kenny

The stunning growth in part-time employment by Tyler Cowen

The stunning growth in part-time employment by Tyler Cowen

Who will fight the beauty bias? by Ruth Graham

Who will fight the beauty bias? by Ruth Graham

Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

What Works Clearinghouse website

What Works Clearinghouse website

Institute of Education Sciences website

Institute of Education Sciences website

Guesses and Hype Give Way to Data in Study of Education by Gina Kolata

Guesses and Hype Give Way to Data in Study of Education by Gina Kolata

Randomized Controlled Trials Commissioned by the Institute of Education Sciences Since 2002: How Many Found Positive Versus Weak or No Effects from Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy

Randomized Controlled Trials Commissioned by the Institute of Education Sciences Since 2002: How Many Found Positive Versus Weak or No Effects from Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy

What is the link between unionisation and inequality? by Stephen Gordon

What is the link between unionisation and inequality? by Stephen Gordon

What's Killing Poor White Women? by Monica Potts

What's Killing Poor White Women? by Monica Potts

Why We Need School Choice by Walter Russell Mead

Why We Need School Choice by Walter Russell Mead

The Paranoid Style in Economics by Raghuram Rajan

The Paranoid Style in Economics by Raghuram Rajan

The Median Isn't the Message by Stephen Jay Gould

The Median Isn't the Message by Stephen Jay Gould

Take Back Your Pregnancy by Emily Oster

Take Back Your Pregnancy by Emily Oster

Effects of the Minimum Wage on Employment Dynamics by Jonathan Meer and Jeremy West

Effects of the Minimum Wage on Employment Dynamics by Jonathan Meer and Jeremy West

That guy who called the big one? Don’t listen to him by Joe Keohane

That guy who called the big one? Don’t listen to him by Joe Keohane

Everybody’s An Expert: Putting predictions to the test by Louis Menand

Everybody’s An Expert: Putting predictions to the test by Louis Menand

Monday, September 2, 2013

Sinister Minds: Are Left-Handed People Smarter? by Maria Konnikova

Sinister Minds: Are Left-Handed People Smarter? by Maria Konnikova

The STEM Crisis Is a Myth by Robert N. Charette

The STEM Crisis Is a Myth by Robert N. Charette

Private Schools Increase Political Knowledge and Reduce the Danger of Political Indoctrination by Ilya Somin

Private Schools Increase Political Knowledge and Reduce the Danger of Political Indoctrination by Ilya Somin

School Choice and School Productivity (or Could School Choice be a Tide that Lifts All Boats?) by Caroline M. Hoxby

School Choice and School Productivity (or Could School Choice be a Tide that Lifts All Boats?) by Caroline M. Hoxby

The tragedy of Jonathan Kozol by Alex Tabarrok

The tragedy of Jonathan Kozol by Alex Tabarrok

The etymology of “serendipity” by Tyler Cowen

The etymology of “serendipity” by Tyler Cowen