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Cool

When Evangelicals Were Cool by Philip Jenkins. Historians often have problems dealing with popular culture. On the one hand, they know that novels, music albums, and even comics influence a vast audience, but there is always some embarrassment about treating [...]

Rebuilding

After the Storm by Tate Watkins. How Joplin, Missouri, rebuilt following a devastating tornado by circumventing bureaucracy. More at Reason.

Higgs II

Naming ‘the God Particle’ by Faith Tucker. Judging from the flurry of headlines over the past week, one might be tempted to think that proof positive of God’s existence (or lack thereof) had just appeared out of a 27-km-tunnel buried [...]

Quotas

Science Quotas for Women–A White House Goal by Charlotte Allen. When college women study science, they tend to gravitate toward biology–about 58 percent of all bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in biology go to women. In contrast, women earn some [...]