Wednesday, December 8, 2010

If Only Laws Were Like Sausages

Robert Pear starts dives into the laws are like sausages metaphor (e.g. the recent health care bill):
In defending their work, members of Congress love to repeat a quotation attributed to Otto von Bismarck: “If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made...”
Read the rest of the NYT article. (Thanks, Cassie)

Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were

"It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers." Read more in the NYT .