I held my breath and hoped she was good enough while knowing, deep down, that for a woman in her position, there is no such thing as good enough
It Makes Economic Sense for a Woman to Have More Than One Husband
By pooling male resources, polyandry improves household incomes and combats child poverty
Dear How I Met Your Mother: ‘Asian’ Is Not a Costume
White cast members from popular sitcom portray Asians with stereotypical accents, Fu Manchu mustaches and wind-chime soundtrack
WATCH: World’s Top Bull Rider J.B. Mauney Explains Smart Bulls And Great Riders
All in his charming Southern drawl
We Need To Take Meditation More Seriously As Medicine
The case for treating meditation more like medicine
Smoking Guns: The Deafening Silence of the Assault Weapons Makers
Where is that public debate with the makers of hollow point bullets, high capacity magazines, and weapons designed to harm and kill human beings as quickly as possible?
A Woman’s (Only) Nation: What’s Missing from the Shriver Report
Maria Shriver’s new report tries to shine a light on the economic plight of women, but it virtually ignores one crucial factor — men
The Deceptively Intelligent Doodle
Stop underestimating a device that millions of people are deploying daily
Why I Let My Daughter Get a ‘Useless’ College Degree
A new study from the Federal Reserve offers more evidence that my humanities-loving child will graduate with lots of debt and not so many job offers. And I’m O.K. with that.
Why Pols From New Jersey Aren’t Born to Run
The Garden State’s got a checkered history in national politics—going back to Aaron Burr
A-Rod: A-nother Narcissist
The narcissism pandemic has itself a brand new poster boy, this time disgraced and juiced New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez, who has been slapped with a 162-game suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs. Rodriguez, facing a towering mound of evidence showing he was a doper, did what any self-respecting, self-adoring narcissist would …
The Secret Lives of Juggalos
With album sales crumbling, these sly rappers have turned legal action into a colorful marketing opportunity
To My Father, Ariel Sharon
A person does not really live in a place if he does not bury his dead there