Scientists Tell Their Favorite Jokes

12/30/13.

On of my favorite jokes:

A priest, a rabbi, and a minister walk into a bar. The bartender says, "Is this a joke?"

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/29/scientists-favourite-jokes

Saving the Lost Art of Conversation

12/29/13. M.I.T. psychologist Sherry Turkle looks at conversations in the computer age.


http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/01/the-eavesdropper/355727/

A Feminist Defense of Masculine Virtues

12/28/13. Interview with art professor Camille Paglia, a bundle of coherent contradictions.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303997604579240022857012920

Finding the Good in an Uninspiring Year

12/27/13. Peggy Noonan. Make optimism your default position. You will live better and longer.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303345104579282511945668506

They're Watching You at Work

12/27/14. Better watch out. Better not...

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/12/theyre-watching-you-at-work/354681/

Dueling Ducks

12/22/13. You know you're a redneck if...

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/opinion/op_ed/2013/12/ae_suspends_reality_along_with_duck_tv_star

The Government Made Me Do It

12/19/13. Theodore Dalrymple on addiction as a disease.

http://www.city-journal.org/2013/eon1218td.html

Boy Trouble

12/16/13. The effects of family breakdown on male development.

http://www.city-journal.org/2013/23_4_boy-trouble.html

A Formula for Happiness

12/15/13. Arthur Brooks offers sound advice and wisdom.


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/opinion/sunday/a-formula-for-happiness.html

The Selling of ADHD

12/14/13. Medication for ADHD helps many people lead more productive lives. Yet --- the criticism of ADHD never stops.  The criticism of ADHD sells newspapers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/health/the-selling-of-attention-deficit-disorder.html?hp&_r=0

False ADHD Controversy

12/13/13.

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2013/12/should_we_stop_treating_adhd.html

Who Owns the Code of Life?

12/12/13 Keep your hands off my DNA.

http://www.city-journal.org/2013/23_4_genetic-data.html

You Are Your Brain

12/9/2013.

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/new_scientist/2013/12/the_self_as_brain_disturbing_implications_of_neuroexistentialism.html

Everyone On The Couch

12/9/13. According to the DSM-IV, does everybody have a psychiatric disorder?


http://www.city-journal.org/2013/23_4_otbie-psychiatry.html

Inequality in America

12/5/13. Data left out of the President's speech.

http://thefederalist.com/2013/12/05/obamas-shallow-inequality-speech-presidency-might/