Scoring by any other name
Pushing marriage as a way to encourage stability isn’t just for President Bush anymore. Apparently, it’s also for soccer coaches. “Bulgarian soccer club Litex Lovech wants its talented striker, Ivelin Popov, to curb his wild off-field living.” So what’s their solution? Order the 19-year-old player to get married by the end of the year. The [...]
...read moreJack Shafer didn’t satisfy the jackass quotient?
UPDATE I: please see Lesley’s comments for some fuller criticisms of Kendall’s methodology UPDATE II: I expected better from Freakonomics. Slate.com has some good things going for it, like Dahlia Lithwick. It’s also got some downsides, like Jack Shafer Clearly, Shafer wasn’t enough, because now Slate’s got Steven Landsburg and his simple declarative sentences. Guess [...]
...read moreNot much to add, so…
I’ll just link to this post by BFP.
...read moreSpunky Girl Revolutionary
Maia writes about Susan Brownmiller and the Case of the Trivialized Movement: The last one refers to Shulamith Firestone. This is only the beginning other women are described in just the same way: bubbly, titian hair, frizzy hair, big soulful eyes, hair that falls below her shoulders, open-faced and bespectacled. She describes Bernadette Dohrn as [...]
...read moreWhy fix the problem when we can push for a feel-good policy that won’t work?
Apparently, there’s still a horrible crisis in education. And the answer according to some pundits is to go back to single sex schools.
...read moreAdvocates of single-sex education for girls believe that, in general, many girls thrive when educated apart from boys. Research concerning the academic achievement of girls suggests that in coeducational classrooms they often defer to boys, are called on less frequently than boys, receive significantly less teacher attention than boys, and are less likely than boys to study mathematics and science. Evidence suggests that attending single-sex schools improves many girls’ academic performance and attitude toward less traditional school subjects for girls while encouraging them to assume non-traditional career paths.
Like A Natural Woman, Part Due
First, I’d like to thank the many commentators on the previous post. There’s so much to comment on and clarify, that I figured it was time for another post on the subject. There’s some patterns I see being recreated through the discussions on physical appearance. Patterns we learn early and often. Pre-existing patterns that operate [...]
...read moreTV Networks refuse to run ads for Dixie Chicks documentary
Like everyone else in the this corner of the blogosphere, I love the Dixie Chicks, and I’m looking forward to seeing their documentary Shut Up and Sing about the aftermath of Natalie Maines’s comment about being ashamed that President Bush is from Texas. Although the odds that I’ll see the trailer on network TV just [...]
...read more9 out of 10 Americans don’t know calculus; therefore, it should not be taught in public schools.
Nathan Tabor demonstrates why we should perhaps regulate homeschool curriculum: Or consider this: A national poll reported by CBS News two years ago indicated that Americans don’t believe in human evolution. Fifty-five percent said God created humans in their present form, i.e., no apes were involved in the creation of man and woman. And yet, [...]
...read moreHelp!
I need an easy, creative Halloween costume. I also have a friend who may be interested in some sort of duo costume. Any ideas?
...read moreHalloween Comes a Day Early
The 13 Scariest People in America.
...read moreBaby Blogging
When she chews on a teething ring she makes a noise like “gneng-gneng-gneng.” It’s hilarious. Hey, I have a question for the hivemind. What do you do for a baby that hates baths? Like, with the heat of a thousand suns hates baths? Seriously, it was easier to bathe the cat. I’ve been putting it [...]
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