Articles 2021
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Much More Than Muffins: The Women Scientists Who Invented Home Ec
The New York Times Book Review, May 04, 2021
Review ofTHE SECRET HISTORY OF HOME ECONOMICS: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We LiveBy Danielle Dreilinger
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Museums Sold More Art During Pandemic. Why Go Back?
Bloomberg Opinion, March 28, 2021
An emergency fundraising measure intended to relieve financial distress should be left in place for other reasons.
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Women and Men Are Like the Threads of a Woven Fabric
The New York Times, March 26, 2021
The textiles women produced made our civilization what it is.
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How Job-Killing Technologies Liberated Women
Bloomberg Opinion, March 14, 2021
Viewed through the lens of women’s experiences, inventions often derided as job-killers look like “Engines of Liberation.”
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A California Coup? Gavin Newsom Has a Problem on His Hands
Bloomberg Opinion, February 11, 2021
As a recall effort shows, it’s a bad time for a governor to be identified with San Francisco and intransigent teachers’ unions.
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Micromanagement Is Plaguing the Vaccine Rollout
Bloomberg Opinion, January 05, 2021
A lot of people think that a take-charge attitude by Biden would inoculate America faster. Let’s hope he knows better.
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Los Angeles Locked Down. Covid Came Anyway.
Bloomberg Opinion, December 30, 2020
The city’s crisis contradicts the simple narrative that outbreaks are punishment for red-state recklessness.
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The thread of history: Be thankful that textiles have changed the fabric of living
USA Today, November 26, 2020
Historically, the manufacturing of cloth was laborious, making is scarce and precious. Today's abundance is due to centuries of hard work and innovation.
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‘Trumpism’ Without Trump Is an Inkblot Without Ink
Bloomberg Opinion, November 15, 2020
The word has become a Rorschach test of views about the Republican Party. But it’s really just a one-man brand.
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Californians Push Back at Progressive Dogma
Bloomberg Opinion, November 05, 2020
State ballot propositions show that voters aren’t as radical as the people they tend to elect.