China made huge headlines late last month when it decided to ease its famous "one-child policy" after more than three decades. The policy, requring most couples to have only one child, stands as one of the most famous social experiments of the past century. But how successful was it? » 1/29/14 4:50pm 1/29/14 4:50pm

Despite all of its many and varied uses for acquiring and sharing knowledge or engaging in real, empathetic dialogue with strangers, the internet is, in the words of the inimitable Trekkie Monster, for porn. Also, the internet is for arguments about the sexuality of Harry Styles, which just serves as further proof… » 12/01/13 1:00pm 12/01/13 1:00pm

While I'm legally obligated to mention in every post about the upcoming election that it will be very close and polls are saying all kinds of things that should keep people of all political stripes glued to cable news outlets during this, the political media's quadrennial Christmas shopping season, there's something… » 10/25/12 3:00pm 10/25/12 3:00pm

When the US Census bureau announced this morning that for the first time in US history, the majority of babies born in 2011 were not white, naturally my first thought was to see what paranoids and dum dums on the internet were saying about it, because I'm nothing if not a chronic hater. After all, this sort of topic… » 5/17/12 3:10pm 5/17/12 3:10pm

Which is great news! If you live in a city, anyhow. And are under 30. And don't have kids. And... » 9/01/10 4:39pm 9/01/10 4:39pm

Like many women who are probably reading this, I was an awkward little kid » 10/03/08 6:00pm 10/03/08 6:00pm