Dear all, First of all, thank you for visiting our garden. It is small, yes, but I get no small pleasure from it, and hope you do, too. It allows me to pretend that I don’t live in an utterly… Continue Reading
As Burt notes over in Not a Potted Plant, we will know the fate of ObamaCare on Monday. This is the first time I’ve ever had a personal stake in a Supreme Court decision. I mean, I suppose we were… Continue Reading
I send my oldest kid (4 1/2 years old) to a local Montessori school. I’m talking totally old-school, completely unreconstructed Montessori. Nearly bare and hushed classrooms, practicing silently walking lines, washing tables, etc. They actually have a picture of Maria… Continue Reading
Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on inequality. You can read the introductory post for the Symposium here. To see a list of all posts in the Symposium so far, click here. This is cross-posted on the main page.… Continue Reading
Recently, I was chatting with a cognitive scientist at a party, and he mentioned in passing that he didn’t believe there was such a thing as innate talent. All one needs is enough deliberate practice. I was really surprised. This… Continue Reading
The NYT‘s Ethicist column has a new pencil pusher: Exciting news for Chuck Klosterman fans. The pop culture and music critic best known for his Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs collection has landed a sweet new gig at the New York Times Magazine writing… Continue Reading
Light posting this week. We are visiting family and I’m caring for the young ones while my husband cranks out a chapter and does online teaching. If only Russell had thought to do a post that aroused a lot of… Continue Reading
Something gives me the impression that some LoOG regulars are geeks. It’s just an occasional hint, but there it is. So I have a bleg for for all the geeks. My phone contract is up in July. I currently have… Continue Reading
I used to follow politics rabidly. It was always hard to figure out just what news filtered through to your average Joe. Now the time that I used to allot for following politics is used for blogging. So I have… Continue Reading
My middle son, who has severe disabilities, turns three in September (I’ll call him James). Time to start considering preschools! This, it turns out, is an entirely different task than it was when we decided for our oldest typical son.… Continue Reading