Columns from 2002

Jan. 5, 2002: Looking at America Through the Eyes of Others

Jan. 12, 2002: View from the Other Side is Edifying but Discouraging

Jan. 19, 2002: Yes, Effort Matters but Talent Has its Place Too

Jan. 26, 2002: Politicians Discover Dreaded 'Glass Ceiling'

Feb. 2, 2002: History's Raw Material is Disappearing Online

Feb. 9, 2002: Testing 'Six degrees of Freedom' in Cyberspace

Feb. 16, 2002: High School Graduates are Fewer than You Think

Feb. 23, 2002: U.S. Illiteracy Rates are Lower than You Thought

March 2, 2002: Some Cats are Worth Having More Than Once

March 9, 2002: Look Beneath Surface of Voucher-poll results

March 16, 2002: Nickleby Builds the Research Foundation for Teaching

March 23, 2002: Mortgage Refinancing Along with the Crowd

March 30, 2002: Welfare Benefits Boost Appeal of Citizenship

April 6, 2002: Optimistic Prophet Sees Environment's Progress

April 13, 2002: An ever-ruder culture tests people's courtesy

April 20, 2002: Look up for answers to our urban problems

April 27, 2002: For Mensans, playing mind games is the point

May 4, 2002: Book on 'gun culture' is drawing critical fire

May 11, 2002: On Second thought: In affirming right of individuals to own firearms, Justice Department reverses decades of official government policy

May 18, 2002: Teaching kids to climb the ladder of success

May 25, 2002: Discrimination wins in Michigan law school

June 1, 2002: SWIMMING WITH SHARKS, READING WITH WHIZZES

June 8, 2002: REAL-WORLD TEACHING A TRIUMPH OF EFFICIENCY

June 15, 2002: Same-sex parenting studies seriously flawed

June 22, 2002: Evidence is beautiful if it's artfully displayed

June 29, 2002: GRAND CLAIMS OF A NEW KIND OF SCIENCE

July 6, 2002: Don't let your child's gift of giftedness go to waste

July 13, 2002: Imbalance in attitudes tilts psychologists' couch

July 20, 2002: Same-sex parenting study's critics should read it first

July 27, 2002: Eight years after his death, Popper's influence still felt

Aug. 3, 2002: Stephen Jay Gould's new take on Charles Darwin

Aug. 10, 2002:MASS TRANSIT'S PERSISTENT ALLURE DIFFICULT TO FATHOM

Aug. 17, 2002: WEEVILS GOBBLE BUT THEY WON'T FALL FOR MINUTE RICE

Aug. 24, 2002: YET ANOTHER RECRUIT TO THE CAUSE OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM

Aug. 31, 2002: AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE NEA'S 'FEEL-GOODISM' ABOUT SEPT. 11

Sep. 7, 2002: DID BIN LADEN, AL-QAIDA ACT TO FURTHER FANTASY IDEOLOGY?

Sep. 14, 2002: SCHOLARS SEEK NEW MODELS FOR ISLAM IN TODAY'S WORLD

Sep. 21, 2002: EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT ESL IS LOS PIJAMAS DEL GATO

Sep. 28, 2002: HANDY TEST WILL HELP YOU DISCOVER YOUR POLITICAL BENT

Oct. 5, 2002: BAD NEWS FOR NATIONAL TEACHER CERTIFICATION

Oct. 12, 2002: WHEN FEEL-GOOD TEACHING METHODS JUST AREN'T ENOUGH

Oct. 19, 2002: FEDERAL BUDGET, SPENDING SOARING ON AUTOMATIC PILOT

Oct. 26, 2002: STORM WATERS ARE RISING AROUND ACADEMIA'S ANKLES

Nov. 2, 2002: WOULD A JIHAD BY ANY OTHER NAME SMELL AS SWEET?

Nov. 9, 2002: NONE (VACATION)

Nov. 16, 2002: WHY BLOGGING IS IMPORTANT TO ME, YOU AND DEMOCRACY

Nov. 23, 2002: KEY TO WIDER U.S. SOCIETY, CONSULAR ID CARDS CALLED HUMANE BY SOME WHILE OTHERS DECRY THE DEVICE

Nov. 30, 2002: WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE USELESS THAT WE FIND SO CAPTIVATING?

Dec. 7, 2002: Clinging to bad science is easier than getting it right

Dec. 14, 2002: Dropouts find a hero in the man with the white hat

Dec. 21, 2002: Web site a forum for victims of professorial arrogance

Dec. 28, 2002:Taking war talk in stride is nothing new for Americans