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The Science of Why People Don’t Listen to Facts 0
- April 19, 2017
You know something is true—for example, that vaccines are good for children, or that socialism doesn’t work. You’ve done the research, you’ve carefully weighed the arguments against your position and found them wanting, and you’ve diligently formulated your own reasoned case for it. And then you try to convince someone else (repeatedly, in some
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How the Ethanol Mandate is Destroying America’s Prairies 0
- Economics
- April 19, 2017
color:#222222″>Many years ago, I wrote an article on the research of Cornell University professor David Pimentel. color:#222222″>Pimentel, a geneticist and evolutionary biologist, claimed it takes more energy to produce ethanol from corn than the combustion of ethanol yields. Because of this fundamental input-yield problem, corn is a really lousy crop for making ethanol, Pimentel said.
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Study: Political Bias is Bipartisan 0
- Culture
- April 19, 2017
In recent months, the phrase, “You’re biased,” seems to have become one of the most common epithets tossed between the media, Donald Trump, and yes, even the American public at large. The question is, who’s right? Is it possible that a certain political leaning tends to be more biased than another? Researchers from the University
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Busting the ‘Free College’ Myth 0
- Economics
- April 19, 2017
A new program just passed by New York’s state government promises “free tuition” for middle-class students to attend a public college or university in the state. While there are similar programs elsewhere in the US, this is the first to include four-year schools. All of the headlines include some variation of the term free college, which makes
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Did Respect Go Out the Door When We Abandoned ‘Mr.’ and ‘Mrs.’? (See Chart)0
- Culture
- April 19, 2017
Not long ago, a young and recently married friend of mine confessed that she had encountered a bit of a disappointment in married life. Contrary to what many might think, her disappointment was not with her husband, or their home, or any other common aspect of a newlywed’s life. Instead, she mournfully declared, “Nobody calls
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How Latin is Helping Inner City Youths Strive and Succeed 0
- Education
- April 18, 2017
In the last few years, there has been a resurgent interest in making Latin a part of the school curriculum. After all, the benefits seem too good to pass up, particularly those which show that Latin boosts reading, math, and science scores. It is likely these benefits that attracted a Philadelphia inner city charter school,
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