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Fun with Cognitive Dissonance
Both of these stories make sense on their own terms. But taken together, they neatly capture the basic dilemma in...
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Math Geek Mom: One Fallacy and Two Paradoxes
Recently, our college president spoke to the faculty. In her speech to us, she said that some economists think that...
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Motherhood After Tenure: professors and money
I love Suze Orman; I can’t help it. Like her counterpart, Doctor Ruth, Orman speaks frankly about a charged topic...
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The Platinum Rule
Twice in the last month, I've been in meetings at which somebody suggested that the solution to some ongoing dilemma...
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ABC's and Ph.D.'s: Back to Elementary School
When my older daughter started elementary school, I asked about helping out occasionally in her classroom and I was politely...
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When the Boss is Awful
In response to yesterday's post, several commenters asked variations on "well, okay, but what if the dean is a jackass...
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Widow X Waits for You
It’s easy to feel an exhilaration verging on hysteria at the start of a big research project; you don’t even...
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Issues of scale
To attend a commencement last weekend, I had to travel overnight. Two related observations stick in my mind, although I...