A broken bulb and a haz-mat team

Advice to the incoming freshmen of the Class of 2021

Part 3 of a conversation with Arthur Rizer about predictive policing

Part 2 of a conversation with Arthur Rizer about predictive policing

Part 1 of a conversation with Arthur Rizer about predictive policing

What a children's book about Irish immigrants hints about dealing with job upheavals in the 21st Century

People react differently to things they already have (and then lose) than to things they never had in the first place. Cedar Rapids is about to give us a prime example.

If there's one thing that could make breaking a fluorescent bulb even worse, it's having to do the cleanup in a toddler's bedroom

We get feedback!

Anonymous jerks on social media are a real menace to polite society, but regulating them would be a big mistake

A lot of people feel disrespected -- but the answer isn't to compound the disrespect. Also: Why I loathe CFLs, whether the government should regulate anonymous accounts on Twitter, and an honest conversation about being black and white in America.