Many years ago, I was a party to my first pregnancy scare with then-girlfriend Julianne. It was a life-altering event. It came up negative, but there was a certain “realness” to it all that gave me great pause when it… Continue Reading
James Joyner points to a chart showing the increasing disconnect between employee productivity and employee compensation and asks what happened in 1972, when the different trajectories were set. The leading candidates are automation and trade. That makes sense, at least… Continue Reading
Jack Balkin writes about the not-so-happy anniversary of the Debt Ceiling Crisis: In the past, some politicians (including then-Senator Barack Obama) have voted against debt-ceiling increases for reasons of symbolism or protest, but not in situations where there was any… Continue Reading
While Ethan tackles the weightier questions of the trilogy, I’ll look at the geekier ones. All in all, this comic geek can’t complain all that much. This trilogy turned out to be a departure from the Batman tradition in many… Continue Reading
Yahoo recently hired a pregnant woman to be their new CEO. This is generating a fair amount of discussion on the subject. The best so far is from Forbes. [Marissa Mayer]’s a CEO and can give herself work-from-home days if… Continue Reading
When we talk about school choice, one aspect of it that I don’t see discussed enough is the effect that our current model has on larger society. Namely, our districting system has distorting effects on real estate prices and economic… Continue Reading
I hope to write more on a particular aspect of his piece at some point soon, but to jump ahead of myself I wanted to say that I really enjoyed North’s piece on heteronormity and Russell’s on Sally Ride. I… Continue Reading
It is remarkably easy for men to believe that the gender gap is primarily a function of life choices and that, when the rubber hits the road, there isn’t actually all that much discrimination. It’s true that the realities of… Continue Reading
It’s the highest in Louisiana and the lowest in Idaho. The numbers change from year to year (I’m looking at 2011), but high is usually high and low is usually low. Idaho and Louisiana did not move between 2010 and… Continue Reading
Rush Limbaugh apparently thinks it is not a coincidence that the main villain of the new Batman movie will be Bane, homonymous with the name of Mitt Romney’s former company: So, anyway, this evil villain in the new Batman movie… Continue Reading