Beneath that Pew study we all heard about this week lies a telling critique: people disapprove of moms who work if their child care is bad
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Viewpoint: Oprah as Harvard’s Commencement Speaker Is an Endorsement of Phony Science
As America’s oldest and most visible university, Harvard should publicly affirm evidence-based inquiry, not quack medicine
TED Talk Legend Sir Ken Robinson Talks To TIME
Sir Ken Robinson’s TED Talks have been watched by more people than any other speaker in the conference’s history. Online, his three talks combined have gotten over 21 million views, but Robinson estimates that when you include event presentations, his 2006 “Schools Kill Creativity” talk has been watched by over 300 million people. No …
How to Reduce Crime: Treat It Like an Infectious Disease
Once we recognize violence as a contagious process, we can treat it accordingly
The Big Problem With Disaster Planning
We can try to prepare for the worst, but natural disasters cause chain reactions that we can’t always anticipate
How the Military Can Change the Culture of Assault
Instead of more training, the U.S. Army needs to overhaul how it promotes its leaders
The Key to College Success: Summer
Incoming freshmen can flounder in the months before becoming a college student
Boy Scouts of America Has A Lot To Learn From the Girl Scouts
The Girl Scouts explicitly reject discrimination, while the Boy Scouts encourage bigotry and intellectual passivity
What Graduation Speeches Should Say but Don’t
There is a strong chance you will wind up miserable with no sense of purpose if you don’t figure out one very important thing.
‘We’re the Government, Its Worst Face,’ David Foster Wallace on the IRS
In his unfinished novel, ‘The Pale King,’ David Foster Wallace describes the humdrum lives of several IRS examiners, while simultaneously showcasing the absurdity of bureaucracy
The De-Gendering of Divorce: Wives Pay Ex-Husbands Alimony Too
Women who outearn their husbands are not so willing to accept the old obligations of spousal support when the marriage ends
DOJ’s Dragnet on Leakers: The Apathy is Troubling, Especially Among Journalists
The revelation that the Department of Justice targeted Associated Press reporters highlights features of contemporary American life
Liberals Should Worry About the IRS Scandal
Anyone who cares about democracy should be disturbed that “respect the Constitution” now sounds Republican