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When motorcyclists wear helmets, they are less likely to die if they crash--no one disputes that. But should helmets be mandatory? The question came to the fore last week after Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, a helmet opponent, crashed his bike, breaking his jaw. Pennsylvania didn't require him to wear a helmet; 30 states have rolled back their helmet laws since the 1960s, and more may follow. Some riders argue that as long as they don't hurt others, the risk is theirs to take. Others question the efficacy of helmets. Federal standards require that they withstand...
...Princeton wouldn’t have me, because I was the wrong sex,” she says. “So I got on the train and went to Columbia.”After receiving her degree and advancing to a full professorship at the University of Pittsburgh, Whitman worked as a senior staff member of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), and was the first woman to serve on the National Price Commission. Whitman soon landed a spot on the three-member CEA and yet another historical tag as the first woman to join the Council.Convinced...
...apparent racial gap is puzzling--and ultimately inconclusive. Although other studies had shown similar effects of moderate drinking among pregnant Caucasian women, this one did not, says Jennifer Willford, a psychologist at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and co-author of the report. The gap does not appear to reflect differences in income or drinking patterns, Willford says, since the two groups were comparable in this particular population. And in her previous research, Willford says, she has found problems in learning and memory among 14-year-olds--both black and white--whose mothers drank during pregnancy...
...trade in your Hummers and suvs. And once in a while, stay home. The natural order of the capitalist economy will take care of the rest. Then we can we stop blaming the oil companies, the government, the Arabs and the terrorists for the price of gas. Lee Kann Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. It amuses me no end to see Americans carping about gas prices while paying less than they are willing to pay for the same quantity of bottled water. It is time to wake up and realize that the price of a precious commodity whose supply is dwindling...
...judge to a baseball umpire. But the Nationals are having a terrible season, and Washington is a football town anyway, so it was probably appropriate that General Michael Hayden often sounded more like he was being interviewed for the job of coach of his beloved Pittsburgh Steelers rather than CIA director. At his Senate confirmation hearing, Hayden said the agency he might soon lead had a role like "the top player on a football team" among the various intelligence agencies but "needs to focus on the scoreboard rather than individual achievements." He said the CIA had become the "football...