Lifestyle
Reflections on the here and now.
- The Life and Death of Great American Cities Nick Schulz 05/11/2012
- Roger Scruton on the possibility of renewal in urban America and why China’s urbanization is one of the great ecological disasters of our time.
- Markets, Risk, and Fashion: The Hindenburg’s Smoking Lounge Edward Tenner 05/04/2012
- The idea of a smoking lounge immediately under 7 million cubic feet of flammable gas should seem ludicrous. But it wasn’t.
- Right in the Middle: The Midwest’s Growth Lessons for America Joel Kotkin, Mark Schill, and Ryan Streeter 04/24/2012
- Middle America is a clear picture of how much the basics matter: Cost of living, job quality, schools, and opportunities to develop the right skills for the best jobs.
- Titanic and the 1% Edward Tenner 04/06/2012
- What’s striking in thinking about class differences in the age of Titanic is not the similarities to inequality in our own time, but the chasm.
- Are There Hidden Virtues to Bowling Alone? Peter A. Coclanis 01/31/2012
- Once freed of the bonds of community, it’s possible some amateur bowlers took pains to improve their games.
- Tim Tebow and the Atheist’s Dilemma Lee Harris 01/20/2012
- Perhaps the only effective remedy for the all-too-human temptation to hubris among the spectacularly gifted, especially when they happen to be amazingly lucky as well, is the kind of humility that is invoked by faith in a God.
- The Political Implications of Ignoring Our Own Ignorance Arnold Kling 12/08/2011
- Do individuals’ cognitive biases provide a justification for government intervention? No.
- How Many Hours do Public School Teachers Really Work? Andrew G. Biggs 12/08/2011
- Do teachers work dramatically longer hours than other white collar professionals? No.
- What If Middle-Class Jobs Disappear? Arnold Kling 11/03/2011
- Structural change is an important factor in the current rate of high unemployment. The economy is in a state of transition, in which the middle-class jobs that emerged after World War II have begun to decline.
- Student Loans for Dummies Jackson Toby 10/24/2011
- Accumulated student loan debt now totals $1 trillion. The Super Committee should fix the student loan program by requiring evidence of ability to repay guaranteed loans.