Anti-Intellectualism in Boy Scout Badges
Sociological Images has an interesting post on the gender differences between Boy Scout and Girl Scout manuals, one bit of which really sticks out to me. Interestingly, and in contrast, Denny also...
View ArticleAdvertising Sins: From Cracked!
Via Cracked, we have the five most insulting ways products are advertised to men. I’m going to assume you’ve gone over there and read the article, on account of my article will be far more boring and...
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Nate Silver Apparently Inaccurate On Polls Because He’s Effeminate
Some conservatives are not terribly fond of Nate Silver, the renowned blogger and statistics wonk behind Fivethirtyeight. For one thing, he keeps predicting that Obama will win. (80.8% chance as of...
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The Pedagogy of Poverty
Might it be that classrooms in poverty pockets have characteristics that reflect the character of poverty itself? — This article is an excerpt from the upcoming book A Predicament of Innocents, from...
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You Were Great, Professor. But You’re Still Going to Hell.
Professor Warren Blumenfeld recently retired from Iowa State University. Here he reflects on how orthodoxy inhibited education. This month, my dear mother passed away two days before her 89th...
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Dogma and the Intellectual: How my College Buddy was Blinded by Bias
If you think you can separate the wheat from the chaff with IQ tests and snazzy credentials, prepare to be sorely disappointed: because smart people with MAs and PhDs are often blinded by bias. –––...
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