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Paradise Lost?
A new television program is accused of glorifying polygamy. As Scott McLemee discovers, the literary canon may be even more culpable.
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The New Math
A new book offers guidance to the aspiring mathematician. Scott McLemee has a look.
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Doing the Lord's Work
Two images of William Jennings Bryan have settled into the public memory, neither of them flattering. One is the fundamentalist...
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D'Ho!
The groves of academe now echo with howls of outrage over The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America...
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The Heart Has Its Reasons
Now that the cards and long-stem roses have been sent, Scott McLemee takes a look at a short, dense book about the meaning of love.
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Professional Correctness
Scott McLemee interviews a sociologist about "identity dissonance" in professional schools.
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Dysfunction Junction, What's Your Function?
About 10 minutes into last week's now legendary episode of Oprah (the show that made it to the front page...