- Association for Women in Science
- Perhaps the most comprehensive analysis of the data presented was outlined by Cathy Kessel and Marie A. Vitulli of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), who point out the various ways in which authors Ceci and Williams distort the facts in order to strengthen their argument. For example, by excluding journal acceptance rates for women in math-intensive fields and failing to include data on tenure in a discussion of hiring women for faculty positions, Ceci and Williams omit conflicting evidence and hypotheses that might have made their research more rigorous, but not lead to the conclusion they desired…
- The Truth About Pensions – NYTimes.com
- [Paul Krugman]
Dean Baker has a deeply enlightening analysis of state pension shortfalls (pdf), containing a lot of stuff I didn’t know. The basic moral is that the official story these days — of years and years of huge giveaways to unions, resulting in gigantic, unpayable debts — is just wrong: to a very large extent, the pension shortfall has emerged just since 2007…
- Money Won’t Buy You Health Insurance – NYTimes.com
- This isn’t the story of a poor family with a mother who has a dreadful disease that bankrupts them…
The truth is that individual health insurance is not easy to get.
I found this out the hard way….
If members of Congress feel so strongly about undoing this important legislation, perhaps we should stop providing them with health insurance. Let’s credit their pay for the amount that has been paid by the taxpayers, and let them try to buy health insurance in the individual market. My bet is that they all would be denied.
- The History of Women’s History Month
- [About.com Women's History]
International Women's Day was celebrated in Europe 100 years ago in 1911, but in the United States, it wasn't until the 1970s that interest in women's history was strong enough …
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- The World Oil Politics of the Libyan Revolt
- [Informed Comment - Juan]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. Signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
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