Tuesday, November 26, 2013

The Great Shakeup of the American Family by Natalie Angier

The Great Shakeup of the American Family by Natalie Angier

The Rise of Mommy Fearmongering: Be Afraid… Of Everything! by Julie Gunlock

The Rise of Mommy Fearmongering: Be Afraid… Of Everything! by Julie Gunlock

The mover’s advantage: The superior performance of migrant scientists by Tyler Cowen

The mover’s advantage: The superior performance of migrant scientists by Tyler Cowen

Kids Today Run Slower Than Their Parents Did by Kevin Mathews

Kids Today Run Slower Than Their Parents Did by Kevin Mathews

Technology didn't kill middle class jobs, public policy did by Dean BakeR

Technology didn't kill middle class jobs, public policy did by Dean Baker

Academe as a Drug Gang by Scott Jaschik

Academe as a Drug Gang by Scott Jaschik

Friday, November 22, 2013

50 Years of Night in Eastern Kentucky: 'A lot of people here have just given up' by John Cheves

50 Years of Night in Eastern Kentucky: 'A lot of people here have just given up' by John Cheves

Malcolm Gladwell Is America's Best-Paid Fairy-Tale Writer by John Gray

Malcolm Gladwell Is America's Best-Paid Fairy-Tale Writer by John Gray

Death of a Professor by L.V. Anderson

Death of a Professor by L.V. Anderson

An Experiment in Criticism by C.S. Lewis

An Experiment in Criticism by C.S. Lewis

How 'Undermatching' Harms Smart Low-Income Students By Russell K. Nieli

How 'Undermatching' Harms Smart Low-Income Students by Russell K. Nieli

The Search for the Lost Marines of Tarawa by Wil S. Hylton

The Search for the Lost Marines of Tarawa by Wil S. Hylton

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Frequent Tests Can Enhance College Learning, Study Finds by Benedict Carey

Frequent Tests Can Enhance College Learning, Study Finds by Benedict Carey

The Evolution of Bitchiness by Olga Khazan

The Evolution of Bitchiness by Olga Khazan

Return of the oppressed by Peter Turchin

Return of the oppressed by Peter Turchin

Blame Rich, Overeducated Elites as Our Society Frays by Peter Turchin

Blame Rich, Overeducated Elites as Our Society Frays by Peter Turchin

New Evidence Raises Doubts on Obama’s Preschool for All by Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst

New Evidence Raises Doubts on Obama’s Preschool for All by Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst

Is There Anything Good About Men? by Roy F. Baumeister

Is There Anything Good About Men? by Roy F. Baumeister

Monday, November 18, 2013

On Education by Anna Barbauld

On Education by Anna Barbauld

You’re So Self-Controlling by Maria Konnikova

You’re So Self-Controlling by Maria Konnikova

Schools safe as ever despite spate of shootings, scares by Greg Toppo

Schools safe as ever despite spate of shootings, scares by Greg Toppo

The Myth of Technology and the Death of Distance by Phillip Longman

The Myth of Technology and the Death of Distance by Phillip Longman

Jury finds girls, parents liable for calling teacher 'perv' by Tracey Kaplan

Jury finds girls, parents liable for calling teacher 'perv' by Tracey Kaplan

The World of English Freedoms by Daniel Hannan

The World of English Freedoms by Daniel Hannan

The Black Swan of Cairo by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Mark Blyth

The Black Swan of Cairo by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Mark Blyth

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Pew Study: 27% of Jewish Children Live in Orthodox Homes by David Bernstein

Pew Study: 27% of Jewish Children Live in Orthodox Homes by David Bernstein

Accounting for the great divergence by Stephen Broadberry

Accounting for the great divergence by Stephen Broadberry

When Liberal Convictions Run Into the Reality of Parenting by Carolyn O'Laughlin

When Liberal Convictions Run Into the Reality of Parenting by Carolyn O'Laughlin

Lay off men, Lessing tells feminists by Fiachra Gibbons

Lay off men, Lessing tells feminists by Fiachra Gibbons

Questions You Should Never Ask a Writer by Doris Lessing

Questions You Should Never Ask a Writer by Doris Lessing

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

It's Time For Companies To Fire Their Human Resource Departments by Kyle Smith

It's Time For Companies To Fire Their Human Resource Departments by Kyle Smith

Why We Hate HR from Fast Company

Why We Hate HR from Fast Company

Redskins: A Manufactured Controversy by W. James Antle III

Redskins: A Manufactured Controversy by W. James Antle III

Job Outlook 2013 from NACE

Job Outlook 2013 from NACE

The Real Reason New College Grads Can’t Get Hired by Martha C. White

The Real Reason New College Grads Can’t Get Hired by Martha C. White

College Grads’ Bad Habits Driving Unemployment by Walter Russell Mead

College Grads’ Bad Habits Driving Unemployment by Walter Russell Mead

Not the hundred best novels? by Michael Caines

Not the hundred best novels? by Michael Caines

Firearms and Suicides in US States by Alex Tabarrok

Firearms and Suicides in US States by Alex Tabarrok

Government Preschool: Like Treating Cancer With A Band-Aid by Joy Pullman

Government Preschool: Like Treating Cancer With A Band-Aid by Joy Pullman

The Stereotypes About Math That Hold Americans Back by Jo Boaler

The Stereotypes About Math That Hold Americans Back by Jo Boaler

A Response to Feminism by Melissa Bond

A Response to Feminism by Melissa Bond

How Do We Judge Books Written Under Pseudonyms? by Francine Prose and Daniel Mendelsohn

How Do We Judge Books Written Under Pseudonyms? by Francine Prose and Daniel Mendelsohn

Why It's So Hard to Kill Keynesianism by Megan McArdle

Why It's So Hard to Kill Keynesianism by Megan McArdle

Thursday, November 7, 2013

The First Eight Years: giving kids a foundation for lifetime success from the Annie E. Casey Foundation

The First Eight Years: giving kids a foundation for lifetime success from the Annie E. Casey Foundation

Are Gun Owners a Bunch of Racists? by Robert VerBruggen

Are Gun Owners a Bunch of Racists? by Robert VerBruggen

Why We Need a New Pendleton Act by Francis Fukuyama

Why We Need a New Pendleton Act by Francis Fukuyama

In Bias Test, Shades of Gray by John Tierney

In Bias Test, Shades of Gray by John Tierney

A Theory of Good Intentions by Paul Niehaus

A Theory of Good Intentions by Paul Niehaus

Spengler's Universal Laws collected from Thoughts and Ideas

Spengler's Universal Laws collected from Thoughts and Ideas

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Fear of crime shades New Orleans response to teen's shooting by Matthew Teague

Fear of crime shades New Orleans response to teen's shooting by Matthew Teague

The Slow Death of Free Speech at Harvard by Harvey Silverglate

The Slow Death of Free Speech at Harvard by Harvey Silverglate

Bad behavior isn't an illness by Theodore Dalrymple

Bad behavior isn't an illness by Theodore Dalrymple

Low Life Expectancy in the United States: Is the Health Care System at Fault? by Samuel H. Preston and Jessica Y. Ho

Low Life Expectancy in the United States: Is the Health Care System at Fault? by Samuel H. Preston and Jessica Y. Ho

Beyond Those Health Care Numbers by N. Gregory Mankiw

Beyond Those Health Care Numbers by N. Gregory Mankiw

The Myth of Americans' Poor Life Expectancy by Avik Roy

The Myth of Americans' Poor Life Expectancy by Avik Roy

Why Men Don't Read: How Publishing is Alienating Half the Population by Jason Pinter

Why Men Don't Read: How Publishing is Alienating Half the Population by Jason Pinter

Friday, November 1, 2013

The Tacit-Knowledge Economy by Ricardo Hausmann

The Tacit-Knowledge Economy by Ricardo Hausmann

In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution by Susan Brownmiller

In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution by Susan Brownmiller

Americans Keep Moving to States With Low Taxes and Housing Costs by Michael Barone

Americans Keep Moving to States With Low Taxes and Housing Costs by Michael Barone

Why First-Born Kids Do Better in School by V. Joseph Hotz

Why First-Born Kids Do Better in School by V. Joseph Hotz

13 Nutrition Lies That Made The World Sick And Fat by Kris Gunnars

13 Nutrition Lies That Made The World Sick And Fat by Kris Gunnars