The battle over extending our payroll-tax cuts December 12
Hour 1 If Congress doesn't come to some sort of agreement, the FICA payroll-tax cut for American workers enacted in December 2010 will expire in just a few weeks.  The payroll-tax holiday provided a one year reduction in [...]

Modern Childhood and the Brain December 12
Hour 2 In the effort to give kids a leg up in life, parents bombard them with educational toys, rush them to chess, fencing, and piano lessons, and place them in preschool programs that stress academics in the [...]