The key to good policymaking is to understand human nature. Want to increase how much money people save? You better know what they will do if you change the tax code. Want to reduce the threat of terrorism? All the security in the world won’t suffice if you don’t, at the same time, find ways…
According to a new study, daycare will increase your child’s health, intelligence and social development. But do you think the study is scientifically rigorous enough to justify this conclusion?
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I am participating in a panel presentation, here at Duke University’s CIEMAS center, helping faculty think about when or whether to use social media to promote their work. I’ll be talking about blogging and tweeting and all that other stuff. Here are some details: Duke faculty are invited to take part in a two-hour social…
Whether you believe in God or not, belong to a specific faith or not, it is hard to deny the logic of the following statement: “All those religions. They can’t all be right. But they can all be wrong.” – Anonymous member of utopian Zoar community, on her deathbed. (Click here to view comments)
WWII Gen. Terry de la Mesa Allen on military strategy: “Tactics are nine tenths audacity.”
Here’s the opening paragraph from a New York Times magazine article published in May of this year, about monk seals. What a great way to open the piece: The Hawaiian monk seal has wiry whiskers and the deep, round eyes of an apologetic child. The animals will eat a variety of fish and selfish, or…
I recently spoke with Duke University’s The Chronicle about gender pay disparity in research medicine.