The Polls, the Press, and All the Ways the Information Loop Goes Wrong
The Polling frenzy In the wake of the Democratic Party changing candidates there has been a frenzy of polls and press releases on the pol...
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Education can't solve economic inequality When my guru forwarded Nick Hanauer 's article in The Atlantic , " Better Schools W... -
Education is one of the Trump campaign's important positions Until November 9, 2016, I never imagined there would be any reason to co... -
Tense versus aspect Some languages do not have verb tenses. The English language has only one tense: the simple past tense, also known ... -
I asked a version of this question on Quora , naively and mistakenly assuming that I would launch a groundswell of support to stop people... -
Money isn't just pixel dust! In an earlier post I described money as “pixel dust.” I was being cute—way too cute! Sometimes an analo... -
"I might've fallen for that when I was fourteen and a little more green But it's amazing what a couple of years can mean ... -
The National Inquiry Report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer... -
Descriptive versus prescriptive grammar I still haven’t recovered from the revelation that “grammatical mistake” isn’t a mistake. Eng... -
"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively deba... -
The Plan for Romeo and Juliet to consummate their marriage When the Nurse explained the plan—a rope ladder, “the cords,” would be placed ...