October 5, 2010
Presenting both sides of controversies begins with recognizing that an opponent is not a “bad person."
October 4, 2010
New York Times Public Editor Arthur Brisbane consulted the NAS for his article, "Scholarly Work, Without All the Footnotes," published yesterday: Peter W. Wood, an anthropologist who is president......
October 4, 2010
The Chronicle Review has a scurrilous piece by one Charles Ferguson, who is a documentary film director. His targets are 1) Larry Summers; 2) academic economists generally; and 3) anything that sugg......
October 4, 2010
In today's Pope Center piece, I respond to a recent NYT article by Richard Kahlenberg in which he argues against legacy preferences in college admissions. I think the case against legacy p......
October 1, 2010
Peter Wood takes on this question in "Nouveau Relativism in Academe": What is the proper status of “opinion” in the university, as opposed to fact, established knowledge, theory,......
