As an alum of UVA’s Darden School, I’ve been following the leadership conflict over the future of Mr. Jefferson’s University with great interest.  One of the disputes is over how quickly massive open online courses (MOOCs) wil develop and compete with traditional university courses.  When I saw an opportunity to sign up for a course by … Continue reading →

In this fascinating piece on “motivated reasoning,” Ezra Klein of The Washington Post uses scholarly papers  and charts to reflect on why 15% of Republicans in a new Ohio poll think Romney deserves more credit for killing Osama Bin Laden than President Obama.  The effect has been documented to work the same way for liberals; … Continue reading →