Is Edward Snowden a traitor or a whistleblower? We need a better legal framework to figure that out.
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Let’s Not Forget, Many Working Moms Want To Work Less
Maybe it’s time to admit that a lot of mothers don’t mind the lost pay and status of part-time jobs
Bill Cosby’s ‘Tough Love’ Is Counterproductive
Bill Cosby is not alone in thinking black Americans need to do better, but his advice is not just tone-deaf, it’s useless as well
8 New Ways of Looking at Intelligence
Our brains can be strengthened (and weakened) in many more ways than we ever thought.
Edward Snowden: A Modern-Day Daniel Ellsberg, Except for One Key Difference
It’s still unclear whether the NSA’s spying was actually illegal
Response to Revelations of NSA’s Data Collection Program: From Denial to Nonchalance
As the nation comes to grip with the news that the National Security Agency has engaged in various surveillance programs that capture and catalog information like phone call records and the Internet data, reactions have ranged from near denials to outrage to nonchalance.
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The Lessons of the Megalomaniac University President
Universities are not businesses, and university presidents are not CEOs
Bradley Manning and Our Real Secrecy Problem
The dilution of vital state secrets with information that isn’t truly sensitive made Wikileaks and Bradley Manning inevitable
David Westin: Leaks Help Protect National Security
There are very few examples of the press putting the country in harm’s way, and many more where the country would have been better served if journalists had gotten more of the story
The Uproar Over the Biracial Cheerios Ad Is Actually Progress
Race has gotten too complex for racists, as the recent tempest in a cereal bowl shows
The Female Labor Market Is Actually Stagnating
And there’s no evidence to suggest that better family-friendly policies would put more women into business leadership roles
Reading Literature Makes Us Smarter and Nicer
“Deep reading” is vigorous exercise from the brain and increases our real-life capacity for empathy
How to Simplify the Tax Code. Simply.
This first thing that can be done is to drastically reduce the paperwork