January 2015

The Erosive Simplicity of College Rankings: Meet America’s ‘Worst College’

January 19th 2015

What is it about the human mind that makes it so attracted to the simplicity of rankings? Consider the case of Shimer College, and what happened when it was “objectively” named the worst college in America. And how intellectually bankrupt most college rankings turn out to be.

Boston Hosting the Olympics is Like Winning a Beauty Contest in Prison

January 11th 2015

The idea that planning a two week party for nine years will somehow better our focus Boston’s civic efforts that responding to real needs is at once the most optimistic and cynical gambit imaginable.