I routinely ban laptops in the classroom because the majority of the students aren't going to pay attention to the lecture if they have the option to upload photos to Snapchat. I know this to be true, as if I have to attend a boring and...
Parts one, two, three, and four. On the question: How should a lab regard its own “failures”? In a paper in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Baumeister offers another.
Some more real authenticity from Donald Trump: In one recent interview, Trump said another topic of potential concern is the suicide of former White House aide Vincent Foster, which remains.
Above: a book Donald Trump may or may not have read Um: Brother Bernie and Brother Trump are authentic human beings in stark contrast to their donor-driven opponents. — Cornel West (@CornelWest) August 25, 2015 Leaving aside the worthlessness of "authenticity" as a criterion of value,...
This is the grave of Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg. Muhlenberg, a son of the founder of the Lutheran Church in America, was a Pennsylvania minister and supporter of the American Revolution..
Scott referred to this in his post yesterday, but PIRG's statement opposing the new overtime rule is outrageous and entirely appropriate given its founding, history, and mode of operation. The.
The scheme of the founder of the Gillette razor company to turn Rochester area into a futuristic socialist utopia is fascinating: Architecture The primary goal when designing the architecture for Metropolis was to make each public space as beautiful as possible. When building a city of...
Above: More beneficiaries of free trade There are some winners in globalization and a lot of losers. Among the winners are capitalist elites in nearly all nations. Among the losers.
ed Updated below I don't have any comment on the substance of the Matt Bruenig/Demos kerfuffle, but I do have something to say about this: This GoFundMe was to raise.
This is a really valuable discussion. Pollack uses "single payer" as a synecdoche for "European-style health care," and I continue to think it's obvious that the hybrid European systems are vastly more likely destinations for the American system than single payer. But that doesn't really matter,...
Far be it from me to challenge the unimpeachable integritude of the NFL's leadership, but: At least a half-dozen top NFL health officials waged an improper, behind-the-scenes campaign last year.
Parts one, two, and three. On: How should scientists respond to failed replications? What kinds of responses contribute to a progressive science? Another major news story surrounding replication in the.