Harold Pollack
@haroldpollack
University of Chicago professor, RTs not endorsements. Index card book http://tinyurl.com/o354gj2 http://tinyurl.com/obutcw4 Pay off your credit card every mnth
It's been a great joy to watch Catherine Rampell become -- in my estimation -- the leading econ columnist of her generation. (This is not praise I give lightly.) I hope that she continues to write, even if it's not for the Post.
Some professional news: After 11 years of columnizing at WaPo, I'm taking the buyout. This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this—11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them: wapo.st/3TU2fGw
All five US participants (including Agastya Goel) won a gold at the International Physics Olympiad. Congratulations to the team and the coaches! aapt.org/aboutaapt/U-S-…
Recognize the State of Palestine. Stand for justice. Act for peace. A sovereign state on the 1967 borders—living in freedom and dignity, side by side with Israel.
Such an overlooked challenge.
Gambling addiction is a slow and quiet killer. You know if someone close to you drinks too much. You don't know if they have a gambling problem. People are embarrassed by their losses. Suicide from gambling debts is rarely directly associated with online sports betting. 12/n
A high-quality camera with a long zoom beats an IPhone. But there are times when having the 25x in your pocket is really nice.
Reading about Andrew Foster, first Black deaf graduate of what is now Gallaudet Univ. A pioneer in deaf education, he was lost far too young in a plane crash. National Deaf-Mute College admitted no Black students until 1950. Racial exclusion was part of the fabric of so many…
This is social contagion, a problem spreading across the US, UK, and Canada. If we want downtowns, if we want people to shop in person and not just order everything on line, we have to take shoplifting more seriously.
“just 68% of the 7,057 researchers whose work had produced null results had shared them in some form, and just 30% had tried to publish them in a journal.” What a joke. #NullEffectsMatter
Scientists overwhelmingly recognize the value of sharing null results, but rarely publish them in the research literature go.nature.com/472poOC
The masterpieces of the @artinstitutechi never grow old.
Guys—I saw this the first time…Can’t you come up with new material?
Before Biden dropped out in 2024, when it was ostensibly a three man race we did a whole long A block monologue about how if you were a single-issue Jeffrey Epstein voter, Biden was unquestionably your guy.
RFK Jr. is facing fresh questions about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein after a photograph emerged of him partying with child sex trafficker in Manhattan. trib.al/Xj6QglR
Antisemitic hate crimes in Chicago rose by 58% in 2024, comprising more than 37% of Chicago's reported hate crimes. Jews are only 3% of Chicago's population. Chicagoland needs to do much better in addressing this issue. chicago.gov/content/dam/ci…
A man with a disability just narrowly missed his train navigating the stairs at the 63rd street @Metra stop. We in Chicagoland must raise our game in accessibility—a challenge that requires us to raise our game building stuff more cheaply and quickly.
Great to see our article hit print in Addiction. First author Carrigan Parish || Healthcare provider stigma toward patients with substance use disorders onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ad…
I'm not crying, you're crying 🧵 1) Never have I read anything better than this
I can only hope that one day these people will understand the crime in which they've taken part
Speed walking through Jackson Park with my iPhone. Did catch a few buddies.
Some headlines speak for themselves. Houston,we have a problem.
More excited to say we got married! @madisoncoots
Excited to say that I am officially engaged to my best friend @madisoncoots 💍