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Today’s graduates are missing this one ‘common’ thing 1
- Culture
- August 9, 2016
In the years since the 2008 Recession, gallons of ink have been spilled giving advice to young people on how to land a decent paying job. It seems that a young person must do nothing less than have a hefty volunteer record, a perfect GPA from an ivy league school, and three to four internships
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Harvard study: Women struggle with reconciliation after conflict more than men 0
- Education
- August 9, 2016
Anyone else a bit surprised by this lead via the Harvard Gazette? It’s not exactly front-page news that when it comes to conflict, men and women usually behave very differently. The way they resolve those conflicts also tends to differ. While men can be aggressive and combative, a new study shows that, from the tennis
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Why watching people take selfies feels so awkward 0
- Culture
- August 8, 2016
I’m having dinner with my flatmates when my friend Morgan takes a picture of the scene. Then she sits back down and does something strange: she cocks her head sideways, crosses her eyes, and aims the phone at herself. Snap. Whenever I see someone taking a selfie, I get an awkward feeling of seeing something
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What Star Wars can teach us about constitutional democracy 0
- Entertainment
- August 8, 2016
Cass Sunstein is one of America’s leading legal scholars. Both his work generally and his book about Star Wars specifically have attracted enormous attention from both academics and the general public. But one theme of his new book, The World According to Star Wars, highlights an area that is often neglected: the depiction of constitutional issues
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Can You Pass 5th Grade Science?0
- Education
- August 8, 2016
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If You “Do No Harm,” Should They Leave You Alone?0
- August 8, 2016
The “do no harm” principle underlies many political and social arguments made over the last few decades. Essentially, its proponents believe that as long as one person doesn’t harm another, then he or she should be free to do whatever. Naturally, the thinking then extends to relationships between people as long as everyone involved consents.
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