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Wall Street Journal

Crossing Over
December 28, 2007

An Eclectic Writer Takes On Eccentric One
May 6, 2008

The Journalist as Novelist of New York
March 4, 2008

Why Scandals Still Scandalize
August 31, 2007

In the World of Women’s Wear: Sense and Sensibility
July 6, 2007

Far From Hollywood
June 12, 2007

Sex Education: Can’t We Read the Cliffs Notes?
June 1, 2007

The Last Dependable Man: Your Broker
April 13, 2007

What Happens After The Revolution?
December 15, 2006

The Tattooed Could Use Some Needling
June 15, 2006

How Feminism Wages War on Common Sense
April 14, 2006

Visiting a Civilization Gone With the Wind
April 13, 2006

The Joy of Cooking Class
March 9, 2006

Calling All Hombres
March 4, 2006

Bookmarks THE MIND HAS MOUNTAINS
February 17, 2006

Fences Can Make Good Neighbors
November 28, 2005

How to Get Into College? Watch TV
July 22, 2005

My Books

In GOD ON THE QUAD, Riley takes readers to the halls of Brigham Young, where surprisingly with-it young Mormons compete in a raucous marriage market and prepare for careers in public service.

RSS Philanthropy Daily Blog

  • Walmart’s tries easing conscience of middle-class shoppers May 20, 2013
    When my husband and I moved to the suburbs of Westchester in 2005, we had to start buying all the odds and ends that homeownership requires.… MORE >> […]
  • Lounging in (golden) handcuffs May 13, 2013
    After I published The Faculty Lounges in 2011, making the case for ending tenure in higher education, interviewers would often ask me two questions: 1) Do you really think that’s feasible?… MORE >> […]
  • Death of a “sex symbol” May 6, 2013
    The sexual revolution will probably always remain something of a mystery to people (like me) who have come of age after it.… MORE >> […]
  • When nonprofits lose sight of founding mission April 29, 2013
    I remember when I first moved to New York City just after graduating from college.… MORE >> […]
  • The tenure trap April 22, 2013
    People (like me) who make their living outside the academy often joke about tenure.… MORE >> […]

RSS Chronicle of Higher Education

  • Black Studies, Part 2: A Response to Critics May 3, 2012
    The outcry over Naomi Schaefer Riley's last post boils down to four issues: race, credentials, the status of grad students, and the number of hours in a day. Here she discusses each. […]
  • The Most Persuasive Case for Eliminating Black Studies? Just Read the Dissertations. May 1, 2012
    Naomi Schaefer Riley is decidedly unimpressed with what she sees as a weird, paranoid, anachronistic, and tunnel-visioned scholarly agenda. […]
  • More Depressing News About College Debt April 24, 2012
    It's yet another factor contributing to the insecurities and destabilization of young adult lives, Naomi Schaefer Riley writes. […]
  • What Harvard Students Don’t Know About Sex April 17, 2012
    Carnal knowledge takes a Crimson bow. And Naomi Schaefer Riley yawns. […]
  • Any Progress Since Port Huron? April 11, 2012
    On the student-activism statement's 50th anniversary, Naomi Schaefer Riley asks Port Huron leaders: Hey, what went wrong? […]
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