FULL DISCLOSURE: WHAT OUR NAMES REVEAL

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What’s in a name? Plenty, at least if you care about race, socioeconomic status, and educational background. That’s according to Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, whose chapter in their best-selling Freakonomics, “Perfect Parenting, Part II; or: Would a Roshanda by Any Other Name Smell as Sweet?” examines the socioeconomic patterns of naming children from the 1960s to today. In typical style, Levitt and Dubner look to answer the question beyond the question; most statistics about naming are about observing trends, but what does it really mean for a name to be popular? 

A FATHER'S LOVE...

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THIS VIDEO WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION & I THOUGHT I'D SHARE IT WITH YOU GUYS. CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING IN THIS GUY'S SHOES? WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE? DID HE MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE?

¡G'MORNING!

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¿HOW ABOUT 1 MORE 4 THE ROAD?

LIFE IS A CIRCLE...

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“…EVERYTHING AN INDIAN DOES IS IN A CIRCLE, & THAT IS BECAUSE THE POWER OF THE WORLD ALWAYS WORKS IN CIRCLES, & EVERYTHING TRIES TO BE ROUND…THE SKY IS ROUND…& SO ARE ALL THE STARS. THE WIND, IN ITS GREATEST POWER, WHIRLS. BIRDS MAKE THEIR NESTS IN CIRCLES, FOR THEIRS IS THE SAME RELIGION AS OUR…EVEN THE SEASONS FORM A GREAT CIRCLE IN THEIR CHANGING, & ALWAYS COME BACK AGAIN TO WHERE THEY WERE. THE LIFE OF A MAN IS A CIRCLE FROM CHILDHOOD TO CHILDHOOD, & SO IT IS IN EVERYTHING WHERE POWER MOVES.” – BLACK ELK

ANGEL OF MINE

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The song came to American fame when R&B singer Monica covered the song (with altered lyrics) and released it as the third single from her second studio album The Boy Is Mine (1998), following the successful chart performances of previous single "The First Night," the song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.