What would we women do without men to fix things for us? And what would our men do without us telling them HOW to fix it? Women are able to do that because we read directions, while any man worth his ...

Some time in my jaded past, I’ve written about this issue before. Though we are all very busy with our lives and careers, and don’t always have time to carefully read every piece of literature that ...

In elementary school, I got a sheet that looked like this: 1. Read all directions before beginning. 2. Take out one sheet of lined paper. 3. Place it on your desk so that the holes are on the left ...

Differentiating good arguments from bad ones often seems like it requires years of education or training. However, Swedish researchers discovered a simple way to help spot a faulty line of thought.

This post is in partnership with the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin. A version of the article below was originally published on the Ransom Center’s Cultural Compass blog.