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Gender Mender

by Carol Hoenig on 3/7/2008 9:57:33 AM

This past week’s New York Times Magazine had an article on the topic of schools separating boys from the girls. I considered the idea and eventually concluded that this separation will only hurt these children as they approach young adulthood. It is important to learn how to interact with the opposi... Continue »

My Tribute

by Tall Paul on 12/31/2007 3:51:46 PM

With my last blog of 2007, I would like to pay tribute to my mother who passed away on February 28. She died at 91, one week before she would have turned 92.  Until her final days (and she became unresponsive) her mind was still sharp, but her body died many years ago. My mom faced serious health ... Continue »

Are there significant differences between the cognitive abilities of men and women ?

by Dick Brooks on 10/6/2007 3:40:54 PM

Behind this question lurks a hidden agenda. If we concede that there is already a bias against women in the workplace, it follows that innate gender differences might be used to exclude women from certain job opportunities. Take the field of engineering for example. It is clearly male dominated in n... Continue »

Is gender a social constuct?

by Dick Brooks on 9/30/2007 11:59:54 AM

Facetiously, I am reminded of a feature article in Time magazine, a few years ago. The gist was that science had found that there really are differences between men and women. Wow! Seriously, the question seems like one that feminists would raise, in their quest for equal treatment. Make no mistake,... Continue »

Women After 9/11

by CarolineC on 9/22/2007 4:17:23 PM

The events of September 11, 2001 had immediate political, national, and economical consequences. Some have been well documented, some speculated upon, some beaten-into-the-ground by the current Washington administration, but yesterday I heard one argument for the first time: that since the attacks,... Continue »

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The Last of Those Little European Cars

by Mike Nizza on 11/20/2008 12:04:32 PM

Back to front page » By Alan Cowell They were the iconic autos of a continent looking for mobility, questing for the same notions of a people’s car as the Germans created with the Volkswagen and the Americans with the Model T Ford. In Italy, there was the Topolino, meaning “Little Mouse,” as t... Continue »

To Work With or Against China?

by Mike Nizza on 11/20/2008 12:04:32 PM

Back to front page » By Graham Bowley China is stepping up its computer espionage attacks on the American government, on defense contractors and on businesses, according to a report by a congressional advisory panel published Wednesday. “China is stealing vast amounts of sensitive inform... Continue »

New Animal Collective - "Brother Sport"

by Stereogum on 11/20/2008 10:16:30 AM

When we gave you a live-in-France video clip of "Brother Sport" back in April we called the song "full-on springtime tropicalia," though it'd been recorded in October. The fact of the matter: The Merriweather Post Pavilion closer's full-on early winter tropicalia, too. (We know the title's a Baltimo... Continue »

New Fight Bite Video - "Swissex Lover"

by Stereogum on 11/20/2008 10:16:30 AM

It's getting to be that time when people start asking you to make lists and rank the year in music. Fun! Texan outfit and BTW Fight Bite are on my shortlist for the year's finest debuts, and "Swissex Lover" is its signature track. The duo of Leanne Macomber and Jeff Louis crafted their swirling, cin... Continue »

A.C. Newman Covers The Go-Betweens

by Stereogum on 11/20/2008 10:16:30 AM

New Pornographer A.C. (Carl) Newman's pop-drenched Get Guilty, the followup to 2004's Slow Wonder, is out at the beginning of '09. You've already heard the opener "There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve" and now there's maybe one or one Go-Betweens covers to add to the Newman canon. It's a non-album track. H... Continue »