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Tis the Season to be…Hardy

Commencement is one week away and the end of the semester activities are in full swing. I presented my annual...

Is TED Making Us Stupid?

I'm not trying to pay homage to Nicholas Carr and his new book The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing...

More on 'Frills' vs. 'Serious Subjects'

The responses to last week’s column have resonated with me in an especially intense way this week. Before returning to...

Financial Literacy

What's the best way to convey meaningful lessons in financial literacy to 18 year olds? I'm consistently struck at the...

My For-Profit Biases

I received a few e-mails this week from people who work in the online for-profit sector, following my offer to...

Math Geek Mom: The Normal Distribution

Imagine a number line, extending in both directions infinitely. Above this line we might graph bars that represent the proportion...

Reading for aught

Next year is the 50th anniversary of the original (French language) publication of Frantz Fanon's classic, The Wretched of the...

You Don't Know How It Feels To Be Me

Pay my title no mind: I was listening to Tom Petty’s Wildflowers on my long drive up this short mountain...