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Arts, Culture & HumanitiesLike a lot of parents, I’ve been struck by how active — though not savvy — my kids and their friends are with social media. It’s a little like we’ve given our kids keys to a new car and said, “Have fun! Be safe!” without actually teaching them to drive. Will they … More > (Part II of the series “When Not to Trust an Intuition of Compatibility”) Research shows that certain types of couples don’t work very well together. Bill Swann at UT Austin and his colleagues have identified one such type of couple, whom they dub the “Precarious Couple.” Precarious couples are the specific … More > Last year, Tiger Mothers were superior. This year, French mommy-hood has been deemed a cut above. Are other mothers generally better than us at producing high-functioning and high-achieving kids? And do they enjoy parenting more than we do? Maybe. Tiger mothers, soccer mothers, French mamas, working mothers, stay-at-home-mothers: We each … More > Check out this video: No, seriously, click on the link above before reading the rest of this post. Like many of the students I have shared this clip with, this video may have inspired in you a strong sense of the inherent injustice of stereotypes; negative stereotypes that lead African American children … More > James Bryce, who would later be the British ambassador to the United States, wrote a major work on American society in the 1880s. The American Commonwealth was a re-do, about 50 years later, of Tocqueville’s Democracy in America. One of Bryce’s acute observations was about Americans’ religiosity: “Christianity influences conduct … More > We have all heard vacationers come back from an exotic locale with tales of how wonderful the locals are. Often, these exclamations characterize, unhesitatingly, an entire nation: “Everyone is sooo nice in Mexico!” Or, “I just love the Bahamas, the locals are so happy and carefree!” It can be hard to argue against these … More > Today at 5 pm in Zellerbach Playhouse is the campus’ annual Distinguished Teaching Award Ceremony (this year honoring Sally Goldman, South and Southeast Asian Studies; Edward Miguel, Economics; Joanna Picciotto, English; David Sklansky, Law; and Debarati Sanyal, French). The public and the campus community are invited–more than that, really–encouraged to … More > In the dystopian future world of The Hunger Games, 24 teenagers are forced to fight to the death, their battle turned into televised entertainment. This war-of-all-against-all scenario sounds as though it might reveal the worst in humanity—and to a degree, that’s true. But what raises The Hunger Games above similar stories, like … More > One of the cardinal rules of writing is this: Show, Don’t Tell. The rule means that when one is trying to describe a character’s actions, a writer should avoid describing inner states when possible, relying instead on showing the character’s actions. You can think about it as if the writer’s job … More >  |
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