Monthly Archives: March 2011

Barak said Israel recognized the “unprecedented” and “historic” nature of the changes sweeping the Arab world. Like m via mobile.nationaljournal.com

    In an age when pundits constantly decry overt political bias in the media, we have naturally become skeptical of the news. But the bluntness of such critiques masks the highly sophisticated ways in which the media frame important … Continue reading →

    In the view of many Christians, the teenage years are simultaneously the most dangerous and the most promising. At the very moment when teens are trying to establish a sense of identity and belonging, they are beset by … Continue reading →

Gold Winner, 2008 Book of the Year Award, ForeWord Magazine About This Book About the Authors Reviews Table of Contents An essential American dream—equal access to higher education—was becoming a reality with the GI Bill and civil rights movements after … Continue reading →

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via washingtonpost.com A great tribute to a beloved teacher. Well worth reading and thinking about those great teachers, who made our lives so much better, by being there and making demands on us, that we thought we weren’t able to … Continue reading →

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The general story we tell about boys’ friendships does not include a lot of intimacy. We tend to think boys mostly bond over sports and roughhousing. Not a lot of emotional vulnerability there, we think; that’s for girls’ friendships. Niobe … Continue reading →

via project-syndicate.org Robert Skidelsky handily put Pretty Boy Reactionary and his fellow thinkers in their place. 1865?