Features | January-February 2008 Girl Power When Dan Kindlon watches the Tigers play softball, he sees the legacy of feminism for girls. “My daughter’s concentrating on... Right Now | May-June 2007 Willing to War Our minds favor hawks over doves, argues a recent Foreign Policy article. Past psychological research has shown that when it comes to the... Right Now | March-April 2007 The Lucky Effect Pretend that you’re five years old. A grownup in a white coat tells you about Jane, who found $5 on the sidewalk; Johnny, who was splashed... Right Now | November-December 2006 Research on beauty’s effect in the labor market by Mark Mobius Beauty is Natures coin, John Milton wrote in 1634. It is currency in todays labor market as well. Since 1994, numerous studies have found that... Right Now | July-August 2006 The Baby Business “Sex sells.” Now sex cells sell, too. In 2004 more than a million infertile Americans paid dearly to conceive a child. Although... Features | November-December 2005 Cinema Veritas In the Carpenter Center theater last May, a seminar-size class in “Filming Science” is scattered among the seats, waiting for an... Features | November-December 2004 The Future of Marriage When I came to Harvard in 1970, the model for many young people was the wedding in Love Story," recalls Peter J. Gomes, who has performed... Right Now | September-October 2004 Heaven, Hell, and Profits The Protestant Ethicyou probably know the gist of it. Sociologist Max Weber's famous treatise on "the spirit of capitalism"... Right Now | January-February 2004 The Middle-Class Trapdoor In 2001, more men and women went bankrupt than filed for divorce or graduated from college (1.5 million versus 1.1 million and 1.2 million... Right Now | September-October 2003 Caveat Caesar On March 15, 44 B.C., Julius Caesar walked unguarded to the Roman Senate despite his soothsayer's oracular "Beware the ides of March,"... Right Now | May-June 2003 The Price of Slavery Several high-profile lawsuits filed recently in this country are seeking redress for slavery and other racial wrongs, focusing national... | 7.1.2001 Snap Judgments Work! An attentive glance, an affirming nod, a warm smile--these may sound like the makings of a love sonnet... Load More
