By • Sep 04,2008

The Palin Trap

As usual, Reihan is on to something: The Palin pick is the politicial equivalent of bear-baiting. Yes, ridiculing Palin as a hick and a rube, and devaluing her experience, comes...

By • Sep 04,2008

Brain Make Fatter

Want to lose weight? Read on. Food for thought: Intellectual activities make people eat more than when just resting, according to a study that sheds new light on brain food....

By • Sep 03,2008

Neither/Nor

Stanley Fish takes on the cant of “academic freedom” in a recent issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education: Is academic freedom a philosophical concept tied to larger concepts of...

By • Sep 03,2008

My condition…

…for approving the bailout plan is that the upper management of the institutions involved have to move into these apartments:

By • Sep 03,2008

The Blame Game

A recurring theme in politics is the “ah-ha, busted” narrative. Recent months have brought us such notable hypocrites as Sen. Larry “marriage protection amendment cosponsor” Craig and Rep. Mark “sex...