David WinebergThe Triple Risk of Traveling While AmericanMy wife and I are world travelers. I have saved quite madly for this time of life, when responsibilities at home can be put aside all but…3d ago3d ago
David WinebergGenders & Sexes: Hammering square pegs into round holesAmericans seem to have problems with genders. Last year saw 450 anti-transgender bills in 41 states undertaken to separate the sexes in…5d ago5d ago
David WinebergData don’t count unless the algorithms say they do, and other disasters designers build inThere is actually a very good reason why no one goes to prison for white collar crime any more. The very systems that management…Apr 13Apr 13
David WinebergTariffs are the wrong answer to a make-believe questionTariffs, it has long been known, are how countries punish the enemy in time of war, and punish themselves in time of peace. In other words…Apr 9Apr 9
David WinebergThe man who denies there is nothing you can do about the weather or butterflies causing hurricanesThis autobiography by Dr. Jagadish Shukla is more of a wild joyride in a hijacked sportscar than a review of a life well lived. Shukla is a…Apr 6Apr 6
David WinebergYou are what you pay attention toUnless you know about the author, Dominic Pettman’s book Seeking Attention will fool you. The introduction can lead you to believe it is…Mar 301Mar 301
David WinebergThe Italian School needs to repeat a gradeDemocratic Elitism by Natasha Piano is misleading. It promotes itself as showing how the very foundation of American democracy failed to…Mar 231Mar 231
David WinebergWhy the law is an ass, or Christians are why we can’t have nice thingsLong before his first book Allow Me To Retort came out, I was following Elie Mystal on Twitter. His focus is racism and corruption in the…Mar 16Mar 16
David WinebergNeuroscience shows MAGAts and ideologues have physically different brains than normalIt is rare, but occasionally, a book I review is truly shocking. That is the case with The Ideological Brain, by Dr. Leor Zmigrod, a top…Mar 513Mar 513
