A jet- and poodle-lagged pedagogy post

In Heidelberg with husband and poodle. So I have not kept up with the thread following this post , and I'm way behind on Sunday Styles a...

A question for David Brooks:

Isn't a meritocratic elite different from a hereditary elite, in that the leaders of today can't be assured that they'll be the...

WWPD Guides: not worrying about it (too much)

Whereas men tend to underestimate what's necessary for looking their best, we - women - will often realize that we've been worrying...

Reflection

This series that involves my calling out egregious examples of parental overshare leaves me a bit conflicted. Basically, I don't like th...

"Special privileges"

Calling Flavia , Flavia's commenter "i," and the usual WWPD audience: The following just appeared on my Facebook newsfeed: ...

Observations from a half-day in civilization

Left the deer, groundhogs, rabbits, fox(es) and raccoon(s) behind for urban errands. Lucky WWPD readers, today's observations about huma...

Factoid of the day

Wilhelm Marr, the man who coined the phrase "anti-Semitism" in 1879, came to embrace/launch said ideology despite - or because of?...