Chemistry teachers used to tell us the human body is made up of chemicals worth only 98 cents. Today it…
“No white males in here,” the students shouted. The place was a hallway in Roslyn High School on Long Island,…
What do you get when you combine computers, credit cards, and college students? The answer is: gambling. In a culture…
Does religion cause poverty? To hear the critics talk, you might think so. Consider, for example, the coverage given to…
Thousands of miles of Florida highways have gone dark. The white stripes that are supposed to reflect light aren’t doing…
It’s an age-old summer ritual in American cities: Kids open fire hydrants to play in the water—only to have the…
Thousands of pink balloons flew over Harvard a few days ago. No, it was not an outing for toddlers. It…
Every year the Maricopa County Bar Association in Arizona sponsors an essay contest in junior high schools. But this year…
Every month the Census Bureau publishes the “Index of Leading Economic Indicators,” a series of statistics on the state of…
This week news reports predict that hundreds of thousands of gays and lesbians will march on Washington on Sunday. Last…