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...released a fake study showing parents lost IQ points when their first child was born, MSNBC picked it up. But Katherine Ellison, a Pulitzer-prizewinning reporter and mother of two, doesn't believe in the dumbed-down mom. In her new book, The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter (Basic Books; 279 pages), Ellison lays out the scientific evidence for a baby-boosted brain. She explained her thinking in an interview with TIME...
...mother-in-law. My argument is that there are many surprising and fundamental ways in which, despite all the boring time you now have to spend picking up Lego bits from the floor, the experiences of having and rearing children can stimulate and enrich your brain and make you smarter...
...really took off the grade point pressure,” said Elizabeth W. Carlisle ’06, a folklore and mythology concentrator. “I came in with a commitment to learn and enjoy my classes, to take advantage of being around people who were smarter than me, and the grade point just happened...
...action and a little heart, Hustle has that too, courtesy of stunt director Yuen Wo-ping (The Matrix, Kill Bill), and a subplot that reunites Sing with the love of his youth. And watch for the sly homages to Western action films. Moviemaking doesn't get much smarter, funnier, handsomer, better than this. --By Richard Corliss
...current political climate progressives need to be smarter and more dedicated than ever. And, while there’s always more to do, we mustn’t forget to pause to celebrate successes and learn from them. Between now and tomorrow night when the undergraduate movement begins anew for at least the fourth time, we should do both. Hopefully, if we learn from this tremendous triumph, we’ll be celebrating a lot more often...