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<channel><title><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com - Unconventional Wisdom -- Richard Morin on Polls, Surveys and Data from the Social Sciences]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401719.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><description><![CDATA[Richard Morin writes about New Facts and Hot Stats From the Social Sciences. Analysis surveys, opinion polls and other data from The Washington Post.]]></description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com?nav=rss</link><url>http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif </url></image>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Immigrants and the Whiter-Shade-of-Pale Bonus ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/17/AR2006101701257.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/17/AR2006101701257.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ When it comes to immigrants, apparently you can't be too tall or too white. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Immigrants]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Whiter-Shade-of-Pale]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bonus]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Honoring the Scholars Who Answer Questions Most People Don't Ask ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/05/AR2006100501625.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/05/AR2006100501625.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Ever wonder why woodpeckers don't get headaches? Or why dry spaghetti often breaks into more than two pieces? Or whether a female mosquito would be more attracted to the smell of human feet or the odor of Limburger cheese? ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Honoring]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scholars]]></category><category><![CDATA[Who]]></category><category><![CDATA[Answer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Questions]]></category><category><![CDATA[Most]]></category><category><![CDATA[People]]></category><category><![CDATA[Don't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ask]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Captains of Industry, Masters of Cheating ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/26/AR2006092601742.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/26/AR2006092601742.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ This may explain a lot: Not only do cheaters apparently prosper,  they get graduate degrees in business. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Captains]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Industry,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Masters]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cheating]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Did They Do Voodoo? They Think So. ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/21/AR2006092101579.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/21/AR2006092101579.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In the cauldron boil and bake;<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372843900" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372843900" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Did]]></category><category><![CDATA[They]]></category><category><![CDATA[Do]]></category><category><![CDATA[Voodoo?]]></category><category><![CDATA[They]]></category><category><![CDATA[Think]]></category><category><![CDATA[So.]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ When Malls Stay Open on Sundays, the Pious Party ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/13/AR2006091301759.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/13/AR2006091301759.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Who knew Satan worked at the local mall? ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[When]]></category><category><![CDATA[Malls]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stay]]></category><category><![CDATA[Open]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sundays,]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pious]]></category><category><![CDATA[Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ In Congress, a Whole Lot of Half-Truths ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/05/AR2006090501326.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/05/AR2006090501326.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Members of Congress tell the truth -- the whole truth -- only about a quarter of the time when debating major legislation on the floor of the House and Senate. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Congress,]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Whole]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lot]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Half-Truths]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Women Aren't Good in Math . . . or Are They? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/30/AR2006083002858.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/30/AR2006083002858.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Strange but true: Women score much lower on math tests if they are first asked unrelated questions about gender issues. The phenomenon is called "stereotype threat" -- a kind of performance anxiety discovered in 1995 when psychologists found that black students at Stanford University did significantly worse on intelligence tests if they were first asked to identify their race on the test form. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Women]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aren't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Good]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Math]]></category><category><![CDATA[.]]></category><category><![CDATA[.]]></category><category><![CDATA[.]]></category><category><![CDATA[or]]></category><category><![CDATA[Are]]></category><category><![CDATA[They?]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Products That Promise Help Seem to Prolong Vices ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/23/AR2006082301663.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/23/AR2006082301663.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Warning labels on cigarette packs may be well and good, but a new study suggests that advertisements for products designed to help people stop smoking -- or, for that matter, to lose weight, reduce debt or otherwise stop bad behavior -- should carry a health warning of their own.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372844624" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372844624" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Products]]></category><category><![CDATA[That]]></category><category><![CDATA[Promise]]></category><category><![CDATA[Help]]></category><category><![CDATA[Seem]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prolong]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vices]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Book Your Mongolian Vacation Now ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/17/AR2006081701441.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/17/AR2006081701441.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Vancouver and Bangor are unlikely to replace Vera Cruz or the Bahamas as sun-and-fun destinations for international tourists. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Book]]></category><category><![CDATA[Your]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mongolian]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vacation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Now]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ More Evidence That Lefties Have the Right Stuff ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080801631.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080801631.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Left-handed men who attended at least a year in college go on to earn significantly more than their right-handed classmates -- even more reason they'll be celebrating International Left-Handers Day on Sunday. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[More]]></category><category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category><category><![CDATA[That]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lefties]]></category><category><![CDATA[Have]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Right]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stuff]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Perfect 10s and the Odds of a Pink Nursery ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/01/AR2006080101142.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/01/AR2006080101142.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It's no surprise to evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie recently gave birth to a daughter, or that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes also are proud parents of a beautiful baby girl. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Perfect]]></category><category><![CDATA[10s]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Odds]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pink]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nursery]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ You Really Are Know-It-Alls ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/13/AR2006071301509.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/13/AR2006071301509.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ My, but the people who participated in our latest online experiment were smart. How smart? Nearly twice as smart as the typical California voter.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372845504" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372845504" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[You]]></category><category><![CDATA[Really]]></category><category><![CDATA[Are]]></category><category><![CDATA[Know-It-Alls]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Diplomatic Scofflaws and the Culture of Corruption ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/29/AR2006062901925.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/29/AR2006062901925.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ To a meter maid in New York City, here's the real axis of evil: Kuwait, Egypt and Chad. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Diplomatic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scofflaws]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Jon Stewart, Enemy of Democracy? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/22/AR2006062201474.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/22/AR2006062201474.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ This is not funny: Jon Stewart and his hit Comedy Central cable show may be poisoning democracy. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Jon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stewart,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Enemy]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Democracy?]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ What's Black and White and Red All Over? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/14/AR2006061402025.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/14/AR2006061402025.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ More ink equals more blood, claim two economists who say that newspaper coverage of terrorist incidents leads directly to more attacks. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[What's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Black]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[White]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Red]]></category><category><![CDATA[All]]></category><category><![CDATA[Over?]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Color of Disaster Assistance ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/08/AR2006060801768.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/08/AR2006060801768.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Americans are more willing to provide extended government assistance to white victims of Hurricane Katrina than to African Americans and other minorities -- particularly blacks with darker skin.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372846332" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372846332" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Color]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Disaster]]></category><category><![CDATA[Assistance]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Drunks + Kids = Profits ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/29/AR2006052900845.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/29/AR2006052900845.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ More than a third to nearly a half of all liquor industry revenue in the United States comes from sales to underage drinkers and adults who abuse alcohol, according to a sobering study conducted by a research team from Columbia University. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Drunks]]></category><category><![CDATA[+]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kids]]></category><category><![CDATA[=]]></category><category><![CDATA[Profits]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Mars and Venus in the Classroom ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/17/AR2006051701778.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/17/AR2006051701778.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ First the good news: One year with a male English teacher would eliminate nearly a third of the gender gap in reading performance among 13-year-olds. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Mars]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Venus]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Classroom]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Casinos and Crime: The Luck Runs Out ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/10/AR2006051001912.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/10/AR2006051001912.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ When it comes to crime, legalized casino gambling seemed to be a surprisingly good bet: Local unemployment went down, tax revenue went up and crime didn't increase when a casino opened. Some researchers even found that crime declined immediately after casinos came to town. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Casinos]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Crime:]]></category><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Luck]]></category><category><![CDATA[Runs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Out]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Fox News Effect ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/03/AR2006050302299.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/03/AR2006050302299.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ We report. You decide. Does President Bush owe his controversial win in 2000 to Fox cable television news?<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372848365" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372848365" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fox]]></category><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Effect]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Marching Band and Other Hazards of High School ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/25/AR2006042502135.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/25/AR2006042502135.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Does high school marching band make you sick? ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Marching]]></category><category><![CDATA[Band]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Other]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hazards]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[High]]></category><category><![CDATA[School]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Yo, Word Up, Arabz ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/19/AR2006041902556.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/19/AR2006041902556.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Think black rappers are angry? Well, check out this raging rhyme tossed down in Arabic by Arab Israeli rapper Tamer Nafar and his crew DAM: ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Yo,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Word]]></category><category><![CDATA[Up,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arabz]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Whites Take Flight on Election Day ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/13/AR2006041301776.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/13/AR2006041301776.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Bad news for Michael S. Steele, the leading Maryland Republican candidate for Senate in November: The scuttling noise he hears on Election Day could be the sound of tens of thousands of white Republicans crossing over to vote for the Democrat. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Whites]]></category><category><![CDATA[Take]]></category><category><![CDATA[Flight]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Election]]></category><category><![CDATA[Day]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Smart Talk and Girly Talk on the Campaign Trail ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/03/AR2006040301487.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/03/AR2006040301487.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Forget the Swift boat ads, the economy or international terrorism. Here's what really may have decided the last presidential election:<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372848917" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372848917" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Smart]]></category><category><![CDATA[Talk]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Girly]]></category><category><![CDATA[Talk]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Campaign]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trail]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Whacky Politics ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/29/AR2006032902541.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/29/AR2006032902541.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President Bush and the Republicans haven't fared well in recent polls. We have a solution: ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Whacky]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Babies, Bigotry and 9/11 ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/22/AR2006032202205.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/22/AR2006032202205.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The ugly wave of anti-Arab feelings immediately after Sept. 11, 2001, may have been responsible for a sharp increase in the incidence of premature and low-birth-weight babies born to women of Arab descent in the United States in the months that followed the terrorist attacks. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Babies,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bigotry]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[9/11]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bet on a Bet but Not on a Ballot ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/15/AR2006031502318.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/15/AR2006031502318.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It's easier to rig an electronic voting machine than a Las Vegas slot machine, says University of Pennsylvania visiting professor Steve Freeman. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Bet]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bet]]></category><category><![CDATA[but]]></category><category><![CDATA[Not]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ballot]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Answer to AIDS Mystery Found Behind Bars ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/08/AR2006030802201.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/08/AR2006030802201.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It is one of the most puzzling mysteries of the AIDS epidemic: Why did blacks, in little more than a dozen years, become nine times as likely as whites to contract a disease once associated almost exclusively with gay white men?<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372853784" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372853784" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Answer]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[AIDS]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mystery]]></category><category><![CDATA[Found]]></category><category><![CDATA[Behind]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bars]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Candidates' Face-Off, Morph or Less ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/27/AR2006022701253.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/27/AR2006022701253.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It's not always true that familiarity breeds contempt. An unknown political candidate who bears a passing resemblance to Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) will be liked more than one who doesn't -- even when the candidate is a man. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Candidates']]></category><category><![CDATA[Face-Off,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Morph]]></category><category><![CDATA[or]]></category><category><![CDATA[Less]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Ugly Face of Crime ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/16/AR2006021602039.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/16/AR2006021602039.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ "I'm too ugly to get a job." ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ugly]]></category><category><![CDATA[Face]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Congressional Influence Hits Home ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/07/AR2006020701736.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/07/AR2006020701736.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A powerful and virtually unregulated special interest group is dramatically influencing the way men in Congress vote on women's issues. These power brokers regularly dine with their congressman, accompany him on vacations and shower him with gifts. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Congressional]]></category><category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hits]]></category><category><![CDATA[Home]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Time In and Time Out ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/01/AR2006020102110.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/01/AR2006020102110.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Maybe it's time to get soft on crime.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372855050" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372855050" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Time]]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time]]></category><category><![CDATA[Out]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Moving Day ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/28/AR2006012800017.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/28/AR2006012800017.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ After 13 delightful years in the Outlook section, the Unconventional Wiz is relocating. My new address will be A2, which is the second page of the main news section. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Moving]]></category><category><![CDATA[Day]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ He's Number 16! ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/14/AR2006011400045.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/14/AR2006011400045.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Sometimes the person who gets the promotion isn't the person who is doing the best job. Take Samuel A. Alito Jr., the federal appellate court judge whom President Bush selected to serve on the Supreme Court. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[He's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Number]]></category><category><![CDATA[16!]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Parental Blues ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/30/AR2005123001573.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/30/AR2005123001573.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Feeling depressed? You must be a parent. Or so claim two sociologists who found that parents are more likely to show symptoms of depression than adults of the same age who don't have children. What's more, it seems to get worse as your children grow up: Parents of children older than 18 are more gloomy than those with younger offspring, assert Ranae J. Evenson of Vanderbilt University and Robin W. Simon of Florida State University. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Parental]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blues]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fatwa Football ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/17/AR2005121700012.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/17/AR2005121700012.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ This isn't quite social science, but it certainly is unconventional:<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372856521" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372856521" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Fatwa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Football]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Testosterone and Trust ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/02/AR2005120202359.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/02/AR2005120202359.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Finally, an explanation for why bar bets sometimes escalate into bar fights: Levels of a "high-octane" form of testosterone soar when men think others don't trust them. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Testosterone]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trust]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Warning: Some Health Ads May Be Dangerous to Your Health ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/04/AR2005110402264.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/04/AR2005110402264.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Department store magnate John Wanamaker once famously said that he knew that half of the money he spent on advertising was wasted -- he just didn't know which half. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Warning:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Some]]></category><category><![CDATA[Health]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ads]]></category><category><![CDATA[May]]></category><category><![CDATA[Be]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dangerous]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Your]]></category><category><![CDATA[Health]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Tough Bunnies ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/21/AR2005102102270.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/21/AR2005102102270.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ First surprise: Playboy centerfolds are tough, say two social psychologists who did a content analysis of the biographical text that runs with the photographs of Playboy's playmates. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Tough]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bunnies]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Smarts and the City ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/07/AR2005100702306.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/07/AR2005100702306.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The intelligent move if you're looking for a good job and good prospects for the future -- not to mention good bookstores and restaurants -- is to head for college-grad magnets such as Seattle or Atlanta and avoid cities like Cleveland or Bakersfield, Calif.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372857160" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372857160" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Smarts]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[City]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Legacy of Lynching: Part I ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/24/AR2005092400529.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/24/AR2005092400529.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ For decades, scholars have sought to answer this bloody question: Why has the murder rate been disproportionally high in the South for more than a century? Some argue it's the weather -- hot, steamy conditions setting tempers on edge and provoking deadly violence. Others blame widespread poverty and illiteracy. Still others fault a so-called southern "code of honor" that requires any slight to be avenged. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Legacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lynching:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Part]]></category><category><![CDATA[I]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Wiz's Weighty Proposals ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/09/AR2005090902420.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/09/AR2005090902420.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Guided by a new study on causes of America's obesity crisis, your Unconventional Wiz has developed a plan that is virtually guaranteed to melt off the country's extra pounds: ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wiz's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Weighty]]></category><category><![CDATA[Proposals]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Talking the Walk ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/27/AR2005082700935.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/27/AR2005082700935.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Here's more evidence, as if we needed it, that many employers are lying liars and that race still matters in hiring. Even when the job is a menial one and the applicants are ex-cons, the white guy is likely to get a better shake. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Talking]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Walk]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Razzmatazz: The Money of Colors ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/15/AR2005081500382.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/15/AR2005081500382.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Crayola crayons came in eight straightforward colors when they were introduced in 1903: black, blue, brown, green, violet, yellow, orange and red.Today, Crayola makes crayons in 120 colors, including "Inch Worm," "Jazzberry Jam," "Tropical Rain Forest," "Manatee," "Bittersweet" and "Razzmatazz." Manatee . . . Bittersweet . . . Razzmatazz ? What mysterious shades are those? And what's up with the other vague but vaguely evocative flavor and color names that are all the rage these days, like Ben and Jerry's "Fossil Fuel" or "Chubby Hubby" ice cream flavors, Benjamin Moore's "Sweet Daphne" and "Castleton Mist" paints, or that new nail polish color "Trailer Trash," manufactured by Hard Candy Cosmetics?<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372858075" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372858075" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Razzmatazz:]]></category><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Money]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colors]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Words That Matter ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/30/AR2005073000567.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/30/AR2005073000567.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Financial pundits, watch your tongues after the stock market closes: Whether you describe the market as having "climbed" or "stumbled lower" rather than "increased" or "decreased" has a direct impact on what the market will do the next day. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Words]]></category><category><![CDATA[That]]></category><category><![CDATA[Matter]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Yeah, and Johnny Cash Invented the Internet ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/15/AR2005071502180.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/15/AR2005071502180.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Henry Kissinger famously said that academic politics are so vicious because the stakes are so small. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Yeah,]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Johnny]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cash]]></category><category><![CDATA[Invented]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Unwelcome Neighbors ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/02/AR2005070200059.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/02/AR2005070200059.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Iraq may be the most xenophobic country in the world -- and that's bad news for U.S. efforts to transform the country into the democratic showplace of the Middle East, say three researchers who have studied fear of foreigners in countries around the world. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Unwelcome]]></category><category><![CDATA[Neighbors]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Where's Daddy? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/18/AR2005061800798.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/18/AR2005061800798.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2005 17:59:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Psychologists Linda M. Fleming and David J. Tobin can't tell you where to look for today's fathers. But they do know where not to look: on the pages of modern books on child-rearing.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372859421" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=522372859421" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[Where's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Daddy?]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Price of Acting White ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/04/AR2005060400126.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/04/AR2005060400126.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ " Children can't achieve unless we raise their expectations and turn off the television sets and eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white." ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Price]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Acting]]></category><category><![CDATA[White]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Curse of Drafting First ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/20/AR2005052001858.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/20/AR2005052001858.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Redskins fans -- or at least owner Dan Snyder and the team's accountants -- should be relieved that our beloved Burgundy and Gold didn't choose any higher than ninth and 25th in the first round of the recent National Football League draft of college players. ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Richard Morin]]></author><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Curse]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Drafting]]></category><category><![CDATA[First]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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