Why people aren’t so bad as all that, and what the military can do about it
I was flipping through an old Harper’s recently when an article on the US Army (“AWOL in America: When desertion is the only option”, March 2005) caught my e...
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Trying something new
Starting about a year ago, Shannon has worked evenings at a needle exchange site in the Plateau. She liked her work and her co-workers, but really didn’t ge...
Anarchist book fair & other things to read
Just got back from the 7ième Salon du livre anarchiste, which was great, with an armful of books. It was so hard to choose — fortunately, I was limited by t...
Still just monkeys; Just not kosher; Great moments in math education
For those of you who think your last date picked you because of your witty banter, I’ve got news for you: a UCSB study has shown that women who are shown pho...
Home again, home again
For those of you following along at home, Shannon and I returned last week after our whirlwind tour of Eastern & Southern Africa. We spent several days ...