Universities are not businesses, and university presidents are not CEOs
Viewpoint: Washington Is a Gerontocracy
A 20-something can be the CEO of a billion-dollar company but can’t run for the Senate. That doesn’t make sense
Michelle Obama and the Delusion of Hecklers
Ellen Sturtz’s outburst showed a sense of entitlement that echoes some of the most resentful critics of the President himself
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
What People Really Think About Working Moms
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
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