Principle 23 of the "principles of data interpretation" that organize "Reading Educational Research: How to Avoid Getting Statistically Snookered," r...
Disgrasian | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics
The shame that we feel today over Prop 8 is only directed at our collective failure, which we need to figure out how to rectify. All of us. Together.
Alex Remington | Posted 07.06.2008 | Living
For other classes, I bought $80 textbooks geared for the AP exam. In Steve's class, I received handouts from century-old Russian books because he said they taught logarithms better before the fall of the tsar.
Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics
Sen. Hillary Clinton defeated Sen. Barack Obama by a landslide in Tuesday's West Virginia primary. She won by a 67%-26% margin, and picked up about 14...
Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics
At a town hall meeting in Pinehurst, North Carolina Senator Hillary Clinton told a crowd of about one-hundred that she wouldn't be beholden to the 'el...
Marc Lampkin | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics
Over the last 25 years, while other countries have restructured and significantly improved their educational system, ours has stagnated.
Mark Kleiman | Posted 03.08.2008 | Politics
Obama is never going to win a mud-fight with people who think that mud-slinging is "the fun part." But he doesn't have to.
Lenora M. Lapidus and Emily J. Martin | Posted 03.04.2008 | Living
The Washington Post published one of the more offensively misogynist op-eds in memory, arguing that as a biological matter, women are pretty stupid.
Lisa Wade | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics
The line separating the Siemens science fair winners from the losers isn't gender, it's the resources that scientists can offer their children, monetary and otherwise.
If you think people laugh at your skiing skills then think again. A man was a...
The Anchorage Daily News reports that Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol Palin's...
Rep. John Conyers has written a letter to Democratic colleagues urging them to join...
As January 20 grows larger in the window, I've been thinking more often about the...
I want to play poker with Harry Reid. Really I do. Rather than call for a...
America is in shock. It is not because of the unusual sight of the first black...
Are nude animal rights protests old hat? We got word of a...
Rachel Maddow appeared on "The Daily...
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Patrick Swayze, who has been battling pancreatic cancer for a year, sat down with Barbara Walters for...
An article in next month's Atlantic asks, "Is porn...
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The Internet is awash with rumors over the cause of the tragic death of actor John Travolta's...
Gerald Bracey | Posted 12.09.2008 | Home