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The title of my honours thesis was “Religiosity and Neuroticism’s Effects on Death Anxiety.” Really? I suppose there isn’t any...

Two recent pieces came together in my mind this afternoon. The first, published in Grist, contains economist Stephen DeCanio's prescription...

The month of May has been terrifically busy for me. I moved 3,000 miles from Corvallis, Oregon to Columbia, South...

Higher education faces a combination of challenges today. First and foremost, the concept that education is a public good is...

There hasn’t been a whole lot of “mothering” talk on this blog lately — both because I’ve been busy with...

“But Joey’s parents let him play Call of Duty!” Sigh. We’ve hit the age at which our biggest parenting obstacle...

The Company Town: The Industrial Edens and Satanic Mills That Shaped the American Economy by Hardy Green. I live in...

It’s a commonplace that Americans hate Congress, but love their individual Representatives. Some of that has to do with the...