Insight What should I major in – follow my ... To Be an English Major, or Not To Be an English Major I have a part-time job doing analysis for Brigham Young University. I basically go through the heaps of survey data that BYU collects from ...
Sunday Durfs How to be sensitive to spiritual promptings Many of you will know that I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly referred to as the Mormons, or LDS.) This post about How to be Sensitive to Spiritual ...
Sunday Durfs Faith and questioning A post on faith and questioning deserves a little background as to why I decided to write it. I had a job evaluating survey data at BYU, which sometimes means reading through heaps of open responses ...
Insight Self Interested does not mean selfish When People Hear “Self-Interested,” They Often Think of Jerks “Self-interest” tends to be an ugly phrase among non-economists (particularly sociologists to my limited experience.) For many people it implies screwing other people over, taking advantage ...
Insight Federal vs. Household budgets I saw the following message about federal vs household budgets floating around Facebook like crazy during the election when the federal budget was popular to talk about. With the fiscal cliff stuff going on, I’ve ...
Features Money as no object How many of you have engaged in the fight to decide what you should do for your career? As a college student, it seems to be the ultimate vexing problem of everyone without a job ...