In an article about recent changes to the GI Bill, The Chicago Tribune spoke with Kathleen Frydl, author of The GI Bill: ” widows of servicemen killed in World War II… asked for tuition so...
The Ideas section of the Boston Globe recently interviewed our own Christopher Mackay. Mackay translated the only accurate version of the highly influential medieval witch-hunting manual – Malleus...
It’s Friday. In case that’s not enough to cheer you up, here’s an otherwise unrelated cat trying to walk with mittens on! Read More ?
Janet Afary concludes a dialogue with Nawal El Saadawi initiated at Double X earlier this month. Afary is a professor of religious studies and feminist studies at UC Santa Barbara and author of Sexual...
Voice of America’s One Hour at a Time featured Cognitive Behavioral Therapy expert and psychiatrist Douglas Turkington on a recent show. Listen here! >> Read More ?
I have only recently started playing around with taking astrophotos through my Digital SLR (single lens reflex) camera, but, even with my limited experience, I’m very pleased with the results. If you...
Kristin J. Anderson’s latest post at Psychology Today is about Henry Louis Gates Jr. It parses the psychology of stereotyping when it comes to split-second decisions by police. ~ ~ ~ The recent arrest...
Publisher’s Weekly this week features an article about 425 years of evolution at Cambridge University Press. Read More ?
Madhu Rajaraman It’s everywhere, and I know I’m not the only one who gets peeved when they see it. “Employee’s Only” “Your on the subway?” “Man, I really need to loose some weight!” Now,...
Last week, Paul Kinzer answered my questions about planetary impacts, notably the recent one involving Jupiter. Last night, he went out with his own modest amateur astronomer’s kit to see if he could...
The Boston Globe reviewed Stephen Norwood’s The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower yesterday. Norwood’s book is an extensively researched indictment of American Universities’ cooperation...
Pam Robinson – Canada sales rep In the DNA of my family the science gene went astray. My father was a civil engineer who designed suburban roadways, but all I inherited from him was an excellent...