Men are now also in the minority among the entering traditionally male-dominated areas such as law and medicine. Finance and politics are still firmly in male hands, but in many other areas it seems the proportions are shifting in women's favor. Boys are doing worse at school and university. It's only logical that this imbalance, which can be observed in most industrialized countries, will change conditions on the job market.

To apply for a gifted program, children as young as 4 are required to sit through hour-long verbal exams.

Every congresswoman surely endures the same strains that drive some of her male colleagues to have affairs: lots of travel, families far away, heady work that makes a domestic routine seem distant and boring. But the stakes are much higher for women, because they are still judged by a different standard.

What the economy requires now is a whole different set of skills: You need intelligence, you need an ability to sit still and focus, to communicate openly to be able to listen to people and to operate in a workplace that is much more fluid than it used to be. Those are things that women do extremely well.

Men need marriage more than women do. In fact, they need it to survive.

Blog culture has a hard time digesting narratives, but it has an easy time digesting 'big ideas' pieces.

The launch of a space shuttle can still make you weep with amazement and wonder, if you happen to be watching it.