And less informed laypeople will gravitate towards those that support their own particular bias. Actually, most laypeople don't know that these journals exist - legitimate or otherwise - until their favorite spin doctor whips one out to support his/her opinion of the week.

There are flaws in peer review here, too.

Gas stations in the US used to provide good information. I think that started to change as we moved towards "self-serve", though I can't really say why. Maybe because the employees were less likely to be long-term employees and also less likely to be "neighborhood local".

No, I think he's the one who agressively courted my friend on an online dating site. And then on another site, using the same picture but totally different name, profile, etc., also aggressively courted. And did I mention he's absoutely gorgeous and we traced his picture to a modeling site? It was fun. :-)

Hopefully, the interviewer also knows the more reputable journals and will suspect that the one mentioned casually is a fake. And will then do some follow-up research after the interview. While will reveal the interviewee as a fake.

Reportedly, long essays with big words also help your SAT writing score. And in my state - which shall remain nameless - it definitely seems to help on the standardized writing tests.

Grading is about the grade. Learning is about the feedback. Unfortunately, more and more, the educational experience is about the grade or standardized test score rather than learning. . .and learning to love learning. . .and learning how to learn. Kids don't have to show how their work in math anymore; all the teachers care about is the answer. We shouldn't be surprised at this latest development - well, not too terribly surprised.

I'm currently tutoring my daughter in statistics for the same reason. She's in college and while she's flipping through her homework appliication and her e-textbook, I'm flipping through my old statistics books, plus a couple of study guides I picked up. Also, sometimes the homework application is simply wrong. (Doesn't every tool/program have at least one bug?) My sister, a teacher, uses one - mandated by the community college where she teaches. Occasionally, she has to override the application so that she can mark correct problems that the application marked wrong. The students alert her, she checks and then overrides when the application is clearly wrong.

Thanks. My brain is biased towards congested airports. Used to live near DC. And there's an occasional news story about air mishaps in/near NY that always mention an errant helicopter.

I care about previous administrations. And I too, speak up about the current administration. But I always state in a way that indicates that it's the government period, not just the current adminstration, lest anyone start about how any one administration is infinitely better than the other. You choose not to do that. Fine. I choose to do that.