Against Helicopter Parenting: A Story
Lenore Skenazy (of Free Range Kids) and Jonathan Haidt (Of Heterodox Academy and also previously appearing on this blog)...
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Maddness And (The lack Of) Civilization
In light of the Harvey Weinstein mess, more and more Hollywood people are starting to fall. What’s most fascinating...
Not Being Good At Video Games
Hello! Dissertation is out of my hands awaiting approval from someone to send it out to get approval from...
The Religion Of Science
Hello from dissertation land. As the Moron Horde meme goes: #Twoweeks! (if all goes well at least). I wanted...
Some Quick And Random Thoughts On “The Pile On.”
As I said, these thoughts will be quick and somewhat random. I got feedback from my dissertation readers, and...
Nothing So Permanent As a Goverment Program
The original Friedman quote said “temporary government program” but I think it works this way as well. And today’s...
It’s not just India
Why is India so filthy? | The Ugly Indian | TEDxBangalore I’m back, despite popular demand. I just came...
(Re)Peeling An Onion: Obamacare Edition
Obamacare, like ogres and onions, stinks and has layers. Repealing it involves removing those layers and at the very...
Political Football
Over the weekend, I engaged in a discussion with Friend of the Blog @tmi3rd. The topic of our discussion...
Apparently We Won’t Always Have Paris After All
The problem with “the Pen and the Phone” is that every president has a pen and any number of...