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Stuff We Like: Sacred text scholarship, long-term fiscal balance, and funding for the labs

SACRED TEXT SCHOLARSHIP
“Bookshelf: A People and Their Karma” (Wall Street Journal, Apr. 1, 2009)
Reviewer Tunku Varadarajan notes the “tartness” with which Divinity School professor Wendy Doniger writes about the cultural history of Hindu people in her new book, The Hindus.

LONG-TERM FISCAL BALANCE
“A Working Man’s Tax Break” (Baltimore Sun, Apr. 7, 2009)
In Thomas Schaller’s recent op-ed about a payroll-tax holiday, he quotes SSA professor Harold Pollack: “Although conservatives exaggerate the long-term fiscal challenge posed by Social Security, we do need to stay disciplined to maintain the program’s public legitimacy and to reduce the need for future tax increases if we face new fiscal challenges.”

FUNDING FOR THE LABS
“U.S. Gives Two Chicago-Area Labs $48 Million” (Chicago Tribune, Mar. 24, 2009)
Fermi and Argonne received government funds for construction, infrastructure, and research through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

April 8, 2009