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The Situation of Privilege
Posted on September 24, 2012
From NortonSOC: Shamus Khan (Columbia University) discusses his C. Wright Mills award-winning book, Privilege: The Making of an Adolescent Elite at St. Paul’s School, and how elite schools “convert birthright into credentials” for privileged students. Here is a summary of the book: As one of the most prestigious high schools in the nation, St. Paul’s […]
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Merit and Fairness
Posted on September 22, 2012
From Harvard Gazette: Most parents like to believe that their children are more intelligent and insightful than the average person realizes. When it comes to concepts of fairness, they might be right, according to Harvard researchers. A new study, conducted by Patricia Kanngiesser, a visiting graduate student from the University of Bristol, U.K., together with […]
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Adult Well Being and Social Connection
Posted on August 5, 2012
From Springer: Positive social relationships in childhood and adolescence are key to adult well-being, according to Associate Professor Craig Olsson from Deakin University and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Australia, and his colleagues. In contrast, academic achievement appears to have little effect on adult well-being. The exploratory work, looking at the child and adolescent […]
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The Situation of Good Ideas
Posted on April 18, 2012
From RiverheadBook: One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come from? With Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson pairs the insight of his bestselling Everything Bad Is Good for You and the dazzling erudition of The Ghost Map and The Invention of […]
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Brain Injuries and Soccer
Posted on November 28, 2011
On Sunday, one of the legends of the soccer world was found dead. Gary Speed was only 42. He played for clubs in England’s Premiership for 22 years and holds the record for the most appearances representing Wales for an outfield player. He had recently taken over as the head coach of the national side […]
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Poverty and Delinquency
Posted on October 15, 2011
Tamar Birckhead recently posted her article, “Delinquent by Reason of Poverty” (forthcoming Journal of Law and Policy, Vol. 38, 2012) on SSRN. Here’s the abstract. * * * This Article, written for the 12th Annual Access to Equal Justice Colloquium, explores the disproportionate representation of low-income children in the United States juvenile justice system. It […]
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Big Tobacco still at it
Posted on September 6, 2011
From The Independent: The world’s largest tobacco company is attempting to gain access to confidential information about British teenagers’ smoking habits. Philip Morris International, the maker of Marlboro cigarettes, is seeking to force a British university to reveal full details of its research involving confidential interviews with thousands of children aged between 11 and 16 […]
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The Situation of the Vancouver Riot Kiss
Posted on June 20, 2011
From the Ottawa Citizen (article written by Sheril Kirshenbaum, a research scientist at the University of Texas and author of The Science of Kissing): The man and woman appear oblivious of the chaos swirling around them. When anarchy erupted on the streets of Vancouver last week, the couple exchanged an ephemeral kiss that will last […]
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David Vitter, Eliot Spitzer, John Edwards, Jon Ensign, Mark Sanford, Chris Lee, and Now Arnold Schwarzenegger and Anthony Weiner: The Disposition Is Weaker than the Situation
Posted on June 8, 2011
During the summer of 2007, we published the post below in response to the sex scandal du jour involving U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-LA). We republished it in the wake of former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s (D) “indiscretions.” Former U.S. Senator and Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee John Edwards’ confession had us dusting off […]
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