The underlying assumption behind Gina Rippon’s book The Gendered Brain (March 30) is that there should not be any differences between male and female brains — therefore there aren’t any. It’s a bit ...

In a previous post, I mentioned that higher education has systematized and regularized applications into a Procrustean bed that seems to excise individuality from the process. This uniformity is ...

Procrustes, the cruel abductor in Greek mythology, is known for his punitive bed which adjusted his undesired victims to perfect size. Tall victims had their legs cut off with sharp metal tools and ...

BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- While the raging COVID-19 epidemic continues to rattle the nerves of the American people amid mounting calls for a more committed and effective federal response, some U.S ...

The Federal Communications Commission has a Procrustean problem. The agency would do well to acknowledge it as a means of reforming its regulatory process. I borrow from FTC Commissioner Maureen ...

The aviation business has always been one of India’s most heavily regulated. But the covid pandemic, which pinned flyers to the ground and clipped airlines’ wings, has left it even more so. After ...

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