Richard Korman

Prolific political scientist Steven Brams has been promoting peace and fairness one algorithm at a time.

Steven J. Brams says approval voting, in which voters can vote for more than one candidate, is a better way to conduct multiple candidate elections.

Instead of party leaders selecting members of Congress to form a super committee to hash out problems, Steven J. Brahms suggests full houses of Congress make the picks using the minimax procedure.

When rivals negotiate, Steven J. Brams’ suggests using the adjusted winner technique, which gives negotiators 100 points apiece and for them to start the bidding.

Instead of leaving it up to a coin flip, Steven J. Brams says the NFL should start overtime by giving the ball to the team that wins a bidding war for the kickoff.

Historians discover that the devil in the ancient texts is not nearly as frightening as the one who gives us the shakes in movies.

On the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision clearing the path for interracial marriage, Richard Korman examines the argument that more intermarriage would create more equality.

Academics come to semantic blows over challenging the baby boom orthodoxy that physical punishment for children is always a bad idea.

Usually pictured solely as a scourge, pregnancy for unmarried poor teens may actually have some benefits for the mom.

Researchers show why it’s good that the elderly habitually stick to their favorite brands and how less ambitious shopping can make you a happier senior.

The changing complexity of American family life keeps researchers busy and a father finds it hard to share the daddy space with his kids’ new stepfather.

Domestic violence and sports have been uneasy partners in the public eye, and new research finds some credence.

Although it may be hard to discern at the CEO level, higher pay equals higher performance. Two academics went to the track to suss out why.

A sociologist and an economist look at collegiate grade inflation and find a bogeyman that doesn’t frighten them at all.

A libertarian look at the current pay kerfuffle for financial services companies suggests regulating executive compensation will not produce healthier capitalism.

A new study calls for standardizing aircraft maintenance across the globe, but until then, says one co-author, the answer just might be yes.