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  • From Dummies to Blankies – When Should You Worry About Your Child’s Attachment to Comfort Items?

    From Dummies to Blankies – When Should You Worry About Your Child’s Attachment to Comfort Items?0

    Many parents will feel a twinge of concern if their five-year-old can’t sleep without his dummy or their teenager refuses to throw out the tattered blanket she’s had since she was a baby. The topic of comfort objects is hotly debated, with some arguing that the attachment to objects from babyhood is childish, unnecessary or

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  • From College Indoctrination to Corporate Intolerance

    From College Indoctrination to Corporate Intolerance0

    A day after an internal email by a Google employee was leaked to the press, a combination of ideological intolerance and scientific illiteracy led Google to fire James Damore for “perpetuating gender stereotypes.” On the day he was fired, Quillette.com published several brief essays by academics on the science of sex differences, mostly vindicating his characterization of

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  • Frog and Toad: Arnold Lobel’s Little Gems

    Frog and Toad: Arnold Lobel’s Little Gems0

    Every child should read Arnold Lobel’s stories of Frog and Toad. These stories are pure, unashamed delight. Once upon a time, all children’s stories were a pleasant romp, an indulgence in something lovely. Think of Mother Goose, The Wind in the Willows, The Tale of the Pie and the Patty Pan. As our times have

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  • Frightening: This Description of the Decline of Rome sounds like America

    Frightening: This Description of the Decline of Rome sounds like America0

    The date traditionally assigned to the Fall of the Roman Empire is 476 A.D., when Odoacer marched on Rome and deposed the last emperor. But Rome’s internal decline began long before then. As Will Durant famously said, “A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within.” In his 1899 classic

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  • Frightened of Our Own AI Reflection

    Frightened of Our Own AI Reflection0

    The current fever of AI anxiety sweeping the globe is based on confusion over the relationship between rationality and language. That’s not to say that AI isn’t dangerous. Nor does it mean the companies pioneering AI research are acting responsibly. AI can be destructive in the same way that an airplane on autopilot carrying explosives

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  • Friendship: A Powerful Antidote to Racism

    Friendship: A Powerful Antidote to Racism0

    Have you had this happen to you? The topic of racism comes up in casual conversation. Some white person defensively says that he has black friends. He is immediately (and implausibly) denounced. The thinking is that the claim that “some of my best friends are black” is an old canard to cover up…racism. The accused

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