The Watchdogs of Academia
A call on the professorial classes to help check abuses of governmental power. And to start confronting the Alberto Gonzaleses of the world — before they wreak havoc.
Browsing Tag
September 2008
19 posts
Wonks of the World, Unite!
For your Labor Day weekend reading pleasure, we have crafted summaries of recent research papers focusing on unions, strikes and the attitudes of workers. Collectively a bargain, they come to you fresh off the Miller-McCune factory floor.
The Danger of Fat-Think
Believing you're fat may be more emotionally damaging than actually being obese.
The Catch-22 of Welfare to Work
The government provides billions of dollars in child care subsidies to help move welfare recipients into the work force. Here's the catch: To get the subsidies, people transitioning off welfare need to have a job already.
The Inconvenient Alliance
Looking at the complex U.S.-Saudi relationship in a time of terrorism, rising oil prices and climate change.
Death by Pink Slip
A film on a health care system that impoverishes and kills people, just because they lose their jobs.
Tribes of the 21st Century
An essay collection makes the case that, in the digital age, community is more a matter of ideas than of geography. Even if the idea is a Nigerian e-mail scam.