
“The distinction between complex thinking / right-answer thinking increasingly defines the difference between elite educational opportunity and education of the rest.”"If the SAT Were a Key to All Mythology" by Monica Cohen

“Clam Spit and the Seattle World's Fair”
February 23rd, 2013
“Kisses, Kings, Camaros: Maggie Stiefvater’s Rural Epic”
February 21st, 2013
“What's In a Prediction? On Nate Silver and the Science of Probability”
February 20th, 2013
“Adventures in Limbo: On Jim Gavin's "Middle Men"”
February 19th, 2013
“Easy Come, Easy Go: The Dark Side of Personal Finance”
February 17th, 2013
“A Loud Legacy: On Pat Loud's "Lance Out Loud"”
February 17th, 2013
“On the Assembly Line: Gil Scott-Heron’s “The Last Holiday””
February 16th, 2013

“A Merry Dance: Will Self Takes on Modernism”
February 12th, 2013
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