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When the SAT was first administered in 1926, it was intended to provide a neutral, unbiased assessment of the “aptitude” of college applicants. The next 80 years, however, would prove the SAT to be anything but neutral. A good SAT score has always added sparkle...
The example is an exception, though, in a political environment that provides few incentives for scrupulous truth-telling. Candidates simply don't suffer for making false claims, unless those claims become part of a narrative that casts them as untrustworthy. Even then, they often choose to keep running the offending...
Few events in the Middle East still elicit shock and awe, but the August 21 airstrike on the Afghani village of Azizabad was an exception. Working under the information that a Taliban commander was in the area, bombs were dropped in the village as a large crowd milled the streets...
Because Election Day is not a national holiday, most Americans-with the exception of unionized workers like the Teamsters who have long negotiated to get the day off-have to rely on the indulgence of their employers or wait sometimes for hours in the evening in order to vote. A...
Girl Talk’s detractors are always bemoaning the seeming pointlessness of attending one of his infamously high-energy concerts, citing the live Girl Talk sound as indistinguishable from that of his albums. Speaking from experience, I can say that such criticism is reasonably well founded. But luckily, the...