Ramped Ignorance

Last month, the Associated Press broke two "groundbreaking" stories in rapid-fire succession. One headline all but screamed out the stunning revelation that "Scientists Say Men, Women Not Alike." Before Americans could begin to absorb the implications of this discovery, they were bombarded by another AP shocker: "Study: Parents Can Affect Teen Sex."
Now I am pleasantly surprised whenever well-paid researchers draw the proper conclusions from their social "data," and journalists, in turn, relay this information to the public without the usual bias. …