Entries Tagged as 'Society'

I was more than a bit troubled to hear (via kottke) that a group of teenage girls in Gloucester, Massachusetts, two towns over from where I grew up in Hamilton, made a pact to get pregnant. Yikes.

Without doubt, Gloucester and Hamilton are different by social and economic standards. Still, I don’t enjoy the suggestion [...]

The Freakonomics blog featured interviews with three police officers in How Cops Really Want to Police. Their retelling and explanation of “street justice” can be, upon first read, humorous and cheering. Further reflection presents substantial problems with the expressed propensity to take justice into their own hands:

Everyone drinks and drives — especially those guys who [...]