TRAILER TRASH
COHN (2005) NEW REPUBLIC, 9/26: 18-19

FEMA has bought lots of trailers. However, it takes time to get the trailer in the right spot, pave the area, and provide electricity, and plumbing. In the past, they gave vouchers to rent rooms or apartments. It was faster.

OPRAH SELLS
GREEN (2005) BUSINESS WEEK, 10/10 46.

Nobody sells like Oprah Winfrey. If she endorses a book on television, it becomes an overnight best seller. Others who follow way behind are Sean Hannity of Fox, Terry Gross of NPR, Don Imus and CBS’s 60 MINUTES.

MRS. AMERICA
WOLFE (2005) NEW REPUBLIC, 10/3 33-37

Phyllis Schafly is the number one reason that there is a sharp political divide in congress and elsewhere. She was able to drive out moderates from the Republican Party. Her CHOICE NOT AN ECHO sold 3 and ½ million copies. She has written a number of other books with retired military generals. Although ERA won whopping majorities in both house and senate, she was able to kill it in state legislatures.

SEXES SIMILAR
ARNST (2OO5) BUSINESS WEEK, 10/3 93

Using meta-analysis, J.S. Hyde of Wisconsin found that sexes vary in motor skills and heightened aggression, on nearly everything else the sexes are similar. Thus, women and men are from Africa, not Venus and Mars.

SINGLE AND POOR MOTHERS
LEO(2005) U.S. NEWS &WORLD REPORT, 10/3/ 59.

The best predictor of a child involved in crime and other anti-social behavior is single poor mother.

ANTIPOVERTY CAUCUS
KLEIN (2005) TIME, 10/3/ 29.

Replace Black Caucus with Antipoverty caucus made of the rainbow of colors. Replace racial affirmative action with economic affirmative action.

GORILLAS GO LOW TECH IN THE WILD.
AP (2005) THE GAZETTE, 9/30/ 6A

Gorillas in the forest away from humans come up with low tech tools like branches to determine how deep a stream is. Photos were taken at a distance by scientists.