Internet dating is fertile territory for people who study social patterns. Belinda Robnett and Cynthia Feliciano studied racial exclusion patterns in the Journal Social Forces. They looked at over 6000 internet dating profiles and found that whites are least open to dating outside their group, with Asians and Latinos close behind. Asian males and black females are more highly excluded than their opposite sex counterparts.
David Brooks has been an Op-Ed columnist at The Times since September 2003. He is the author of “Bobos In Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There,” “On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense” and, most recently, “The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character and Achievement.”
This blog covers the intellectual, cultural and scientific findings that land on David Brooks's desk nearly everyday but don't always make it into his twice-weekly column or his conversations with his fellow columnist Gail Collins.
Peace cannot be found without acknowledging and wrestling with a government’s moral character.
The two-step process to reducing the federal debt without committing political suicide.
In the 2012 presidential election, the Democrats will try to address the fiscal problems without touching the elderly or the middle class, while the Republicans will focus on tax revenue. No matter how you slice the issue, it's voodoo policy.
Is it really true that voters will overlook almost anything if they think the sinning political figures will carry out the policies they support?
A look at who the Republican presidential hopefuls are at this stage in the game.
May 31
There is a link between a woman's menstrual cycle and her perception of sexuality.
May 31
Men and women tend to have different responses to various emotional expressions in the opposite sex.
A geographer focused on climate and development urges universities and colleagues to make outreach a priority -- for their own sake and that of the public.
Why using "human capital contracts" to finance higher education isn't as scary as it sounds.
