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The Bias of Background Checks

Colleges can and should refrain from investigating applicants’ criminal pasts, writes Marsha Weissman.

Snow Day Dominoes

We’ve had a few snow days over the past couple of weeks, and it looks like we may get some...

How I Think About E-Books

"……the under 30 crowd? They are nearly as skeptical as their grandparents, with 58% saying they had no interest in...

Stop Thinking You're the Smartest Person in the Room

From the archives - this post was originally published at http://uvenus.org on 3.01.2010. I’m in the unenviable position of preparing...

Long Distance Mom: Speed Trap

The holiday vacation is for me, as for many academics, a time when I complete much-needed fieldwork for projects; in...

Last things first

An article in the current (February) issue of Dwell magazine tells of a married couple in the Netherlands -- designers...

Following the rules

This weekend I found myself in the neighborhood of my favorite gourmet cookware store, and with no kids in tow...

Undergraduates and E-Books: A Marriage Made With a Shotgun

Sisters in Crime, a mystery writer's organization of which I am a member, has recently released a study of mystery...