AKA The post about Rick Perry’s jacket. If you somehow have missed seeing Rick Perry’s recent campaign ad, now one […]
politics, sexuality
Obama “daughter tests” young women out of sexual privacy and responsibility
A few months ago I wrote about Freakonomics author Steven Levitt’s “daughter test” for legality. Levitt didn’t invent the test; […]
feminism, politics, sexuality, social media
#heblowsalot
Ah, the power of Twitter. It can help organize protests, keep people in contact in the midst of tragedy, spread […]
political incorrectness, politics, quote
Quote of the day
From Dr. X, discussing whether using “crazy” as a pejorative should be considered offensive to people with mental illnesses and […]
bigotry, political incorrectness, politics
My favorite quote right now
TheTweetofGod is the Twitter account of David Javerbaum, author of The Last Testament: A Memoir By God. I follow it […]
ethics, politics, psychology
Spokesgroups
Radley Balko got quite a lot of hate mail in response to an article he wrote for HuffPo on Occupy […]
bias, evolution, morality, politics, psychology
Biased ! = wrong
Let me say this, right from the start: I love biases. No, I don’t love that they exist, but I […]
politics, psychology
Spokespeople
Not allowed to be right aboutanything. After posting a clip from Bill Maher’s show in which the comedian mocks the […]
morality, politics, psychology
The phenomenon of the petty tyrant
Researchers at the Stanford Graduate School of Business decided to examine the relationship between status and power in how people […]