NEUROSCIENCE: Seeking, wanting mechanisms linked to neurotransmitters

An explanation of the Seeking and Wanting mechanisms as linked to Dopamine vs, opioids. Important implications for Education

EDUCATION: The failure of standardized testing

A successful adult with demonstrated problem solving ability fails a reading/math test given to 10th graders.

EDUCATION: OpEd Where the schools fall short

The writer has finally put to words what everyone already knows -- kids are hugely unprepared for college requiring major remediation

MEDICINE: Back from Brain Dead

Ambien and other meds can sometimes move vegetative patients to improved levels of consciousness.

UNEMPLOYMENT: Few return to desirable jobs

Only 7% have returned to jobs offering compensation and benefits equal to or better than those they previously held.

POLITICS: OpEd -- Gail Collins: Pardoning Romney's Flip-Flopping?

Taking a humorous look at the Flopper-in-Chief, as performed by this uptight Mormon Robot

CRIME: Comonalities of Pedophiles

Cases reveal commonalities in tactics of Pedophiles: Trusted in the community, groom their victims.

EVOLUTION: Wonder how the creationist would deal with this

Awfully tough to saddle a dinosaur when the two species were millions of years apart as represented by this clock:

EDUCATION: Virtual schools -- issues and development

Virtual schools are multiplying, but some question their educational value - The Washington Post:

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UNEMPLOYMENT: The superfluous worker

The Age of the Superfluous Worker - NYTimes.com:

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EDUCATION: add Higher Ed to the failure list

Our unprepared graduates - NewsTrust.net:

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ECONOMY: Boomerangs slow recovery

As Graduates Move Back Home, Economy Feels the Pain - NYTimes.com:

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PSYCHOLOGY: The deification of a Nobody - Coach Joe Paterno

Why Penn State Students Rioted—They Deify Joe Paterno: Scientific American:

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BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS: The influence of Daniel Kahneman

The Anatomy of Influence - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education:

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SCOTUS: The 4tth Amendment in a GPS World

The Supreme Court has a chance to keep Big Brother at bay - NewsTrust.net:

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PSYCHOLOFY: The Paterno Scandal |

The Paterno Scandal | Psychology Today:

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EDUCATION: The sickness of American worship of athletics

There's a lesson in Paterno's downfall, but few will heed it - NCAA Football - CBSSports.com:

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RESEARCH: Pew Current Affairs IQ Test

What the Public Knows – In Words and Pictures | Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:

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EDUCATION; Thr plagiarism problem in Higher ED

Escalation in Digital Sleuthing Raises Quandary in Classrooms - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education:

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UNEMPLOYMENT: Analysis of Dismal numbers

At this rate, full employment is 12 years away - Rex Nutting - MarketWatch:

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