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Kluger's latest book is The Sibling Effect: What the Bonds Among Brothers and Sisters Reveal About Us
It’s hard to argue with William Sears’ success. A man whose multiple books have sold millions of copies and been translated into 18 languages is clearly onto something. But it’s not so hard to argue with his science. One of the central warnings in Sears’ work is that babies who cry too much — even [...]
Sometime in 2062, Deryl Dedmon will finish serving his prison sentence. Actually, it will be only the first part of his sentence — the 50-year lockdown he earned himself when he pleaded guilty to a hate crime. He’ll then be transferred to a Mississippi state prison, where he’ll begin serving two concurrent life sentences. Dedmon [...]
Guess what? I didn’t rob a convenience store this week! I also didn’t cheat on my wife, get involved in a bar brawl or steal money from my kids’ piggy-banks. Not bad, eh? You might argue that none of these things ought to earn me special plaudits and I might agree. Honoring marriage vows, staying [...]
What is it about space that makes the hard right go goofy? First it was Newt Gingrich and his promise of a lunar colony before the end of his second term (which looks especially bad now that the moon base is actually a better statistical bet than the Gingrich campaign). Now it’s John Bolton and [...]
When it comes to good-time holidays, Lent does not rank very high. Nor do Ramadan or Yom Kippur, of course, and no wonder. They are all about saying no to something (or many things) you love. Where’s the egg nog and holiday joy in all that? But we observe these less-than-festive celebrations all the same [...]
Oh, the news that was made in Florida this week. America’s manned space program is roaring back! We’re developing new kinds of rocket engines to get us to Mars in record time. We’re building airports from which five space missions can be launched every day — many of them carrying tourists. We’re going back to [...]
Nobody gets to the moon by accident. If you’re a rocket scientist and know what you’re doing, Earth’s little sister ought not be such a challenging target. It’s huge — a whopping 2,155 mi. (3,468 km) across. It’s close — a mere 239,000 mi. (385,000 km) from Earthly launch pads. And if you take an [...]
