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The Changing Face of Exonerations
For all the understandable weight we give DNA evidence, it is of little if any use for the vast majority of the wrongfully convicted.
How To Make Your Kids Smarter: 10 Steps Backed By Science
I’ve explored the science behind what makes kids happier, what type of parenting works best and what makes for joyful families.
But what makes children — from babies up through the teen years — smarter?
Here are 10 …
I Was Raised on Spike Lee Joints, But He’s Doing More Harm Than Good
Like Bill Cosby before him, Spike Lee is disturbed to see a black cultural space he once loved headed toward extinction. But his tirade felt about a decade late.
Spike Lee’s Racism Isn’t Cute: ‘Motherf-cking Hipster’ Is the New ‘Honkey’
What’s really bothering Lee is that he doesn’t like seeing his old neighborhood full of white people, which makes him historical detritus.
Don’t Tell Amy Chua: Mexicans Are the Most Successful Immigrants
A study of Los Angeles immigrants finds that when we measure success as progress from generation to generation, Mexican-Americans come out ahead.
Tales from the TSA: Confiscating Aluminum Foil and Watching Out for Solar Powered Bombs
A former TSA agent on why we shouldn’t get (so) mad at the men and women working the security line, when it’s their bosses who send down the ridiculous orders
An Evangelical’s Plea With the GOP on Immigration Reform: Put People Before Politics
Republicans have a chance to forgo dysfunction and show their compassion
How Not to Lose Another Jordan Davis
Now is not the time to dare The Man to beat us down
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and the Rise of the Twice Blessed
Satya Nadella, the new CEO of Microsoft, is typical of a generation of Indian immigrants who benefited from two of the greatest social movements of the twentieth century.
Despite Philip Seymour Hoffman, There Is No Heroin Crisis
The actor’s death should remind us that addicts aren’t the only ones who overdose on drugs
China’s Booming Economy Is Nothing to Fear
America isn’t great because it’s the biggest, but because it’s the best place to live, work, and innovate
Let New York City’s Horses Work, Too!
There’s nothing wrong with giving animals jobs and putting them to work—a privilege for which many Americans would be grateful.