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While such historians as James McPherson and David McCullough have praised her work, critics say Hakim, who is neither a historian nor a scientist, can be too politically correct and sometimes inaccurate. A school in Florida took A History of US out of its classrooms in 2002 after a parent complained that the passages on the Vietnam war were too liberal. "I try very, very hard to be fair," says Hakim, "and I feel a responsibility not to present my bias." But, she says, opposing viewpoints and complex ideas belong in books for middle-schoolers. "Their minds are much more...
Pterostilbene may sound more like a spelling-bee stumper than a lifesaver, but if early studies prove correct, this compound, found in abundance in blueberries, could be the foundation of a natural remedy to reduce cholesterol. In head-to-head lab studies against a cholesterol-lowering drug, pterostilbene was just as active as the pharmaceutical in dampening the cholesterol-producing functions of rat liver cells. And because pterostilbene targets a specific lipid-triggering receptor, scientists anticipate that it will have fewer side effects...
...primary mirrors reflect the light onto secondary mirrors, which are responsible for correcting whatever blurring has occurred. In the current Magellan telescopes, the curvature of the mirrors must be adjusted almost once a minute. The GMT’s secondary mirrors, in contrast, may be able to correct for the “wiggles in the atmosphere” using an adaptive process which is more accurate...
...politically correct version of Clinton’s autobiography is only the latest in a long tradition of making cheap Asian knockoffs of Western products, from Gucci bags to Harry Potter to Microsoft. Businesses are furious about a practice they say costs $200-250 billion a year in lost revenue and have made it a priority to pressure foreign governments to crack down. But if Americans are really serious about stopping cross-Pacific piracy, we might want to start with our own movie industry...
...curriculum is sufficiently strong and even-handed. Where there are exceptions—and there are—there are other avenues for exposure to alternate perspectives, and there are generally multiple outlets to air grievances. Professors rarely treat their students as pitchers to be filled up with the correct mix of red and blue ideas, but as human beings who deserve a clear explication of all relevant viewpoints. Universities should try to eliminate the problem of poor teaching and disengaged faculty—not this shallow question of whether professors are conservative or liberal...