Mama PhD

Yesterday was my daughter’s last day of kindergarten. As we sat in the tiny chairs and looked through her portfolio...

I’ve been consumed by news stories lately, one local—within the community of “mother bloggers” — and one national. The local...

Ann Larson’s recent IHE column, in which she dissects the popular idea that that a college education is the key...

I have written in this column before about the concept of "opportunity cost." This topic from economics says that every...

The media and the sciences… They mix like oil and water. Commercial media seeks narrative personas, two-sided conflicts and attention-grabbing...

It’s damp. It’s dreary. As I write this, I look out my window and fog obscures the mid-morning light. After...

In economics, we talk about education as a way to build “human capital”, which will later be put to productive...

This week, immediately after turning in my final grades, I flew east to visit old friends in New England and...