Stephanie Curtis“She’s fabulously empathetic and intuitive, somehow able to see what all the other doctors miss (though her cases should be familiar to anyone who reads Oliver Sacks’s essays). That’s because, the show keeps reminding us, mental illness goes along with greatness.” Read more →
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Archives for April 2014
Tonight is World Book Night. Read more →
“Time spent being a lookout isn’t spent at all. Every day in a lookout is a day not subtracted from the sum of one’s life.” Read more →
“What I needed now, far more than feminist theory, was someone to tell me that I did have the personal strength to respond to the vast, impossibly complex challenges of finding meaningful work in this economy and preparing to navigate the professional world as a young woman.” Read more →
“Once colleges did away with any kind of real general-education requirements, students were left on their own to figure out what they thought was important. ” Read more →
Maddy MahonOur favorite financial guru Ruth Hayden joins us at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 17, to talk about your most memorable financial decisions. When you look back, what was the best money you’ve ever spent? What was the worst thing you’ve ever done with your cash? For me, the best money I’ve spent lately was a Read more →
Emily KaiserTom Weber asked for your winter haikus this morning to mark this snowy April morning. Read more →
Five-year-old Owen analyzes The Daily Circuit’s Bracketosaurus. Read more →
A recent op-ed piece in Slate argues that we should raise taxes on childless working professionals in order to give working parents a break. Author Reihan Salam, childless himself, says the financial burden of raising a child is staggering. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has found that raising a child born in 2012 will cost Read more →