[OPINIONS★★] PARENTING SUCCESSFUL KIDS (P1) Anybody who has kids — or hopes to — wants them to stay out of trouble, do well in school, and go on to do awesome things in the professional world. (P2) While there isn’t …
[OPINION ★★] THE TIME TO CANCEL THE RIO OLYMPICS IS NOW (P1) It is beginning to look like the time has come to CALL OFF the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The reason is simple: young women cannot travel …
[OPINION ★] WHY DO JERKS SUCCEED? (P1) Is Republican presidential CONTENDER Ted Cruz the most popular JERK in America? He very well could be. It’s becoming clearer every day that this is a guy about whom few have nice things to …
[OPINION ★★] WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IS THE GREATEST BRITON (P1) Britain is a very fortunate land in at least one respect. For the last four centuries, the greatest Briton has not been a king or a general, an ARISTOCRAT or a political …
[OPINIONS ★★] Mark Zuckerberg is taking 2 months off to be with his newborn — here’s why Facebook employees say his decision is so important (P1) Long before it was trendy, Facebook cultivated a company culture where it’s taboo for …
[OPINION ★] LEARNING TO SAY “NO” TO YOUR CHILDREN (P1) These days, kids have more demands than ever. (P2) Never before have children been MARKETED to more AGGRESSIVELY than they are now. Never before have parents allowed marketers so many direct …
[OPINION ★] SHOULD RESTAURANTS ELIMINATE TIPPING? (P1) Recently, Danny Meyer, founder of the Shake Shack restaurant chain, announced that his restaurants will DO AWAY WITH tipping. He plans to pay his staff higher WAGES and pass the cost to customers by …
[OPINION ★★] WOMEN SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE MILITARY DRAFT (P1) President Obama and I agree: Equality for women should mean equal SUBJECTION to DRAFT REGISTRATION. (P2) Will America’s military be FUNDAMENTALLY transformed? Maybe. (P3) I’m against a draft in general, …
[OPINION ★★★] IS PEOPLE-RATING SYSTEM A GOOD IDEA? (P1) What if your value to the world could be SUMMARIZED in a single rating of one to five stars, GENERATED by the opinions of the people around you — a simple score …
[OPINION ★★★] SHOULD WE GO TO MARS? (P1) “Let’s not move to Mars,” writes Ed Regis in the New York Times. “First, there is the TEDIOUS business of getting there. Using current technology and CONVENTIONAL chemical rockets, a trip to Mars would be a GRUELING, …