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Contents An Explanatory Note Preface to the Revised and Expanded Edition Introduction: The Hidden Side of Everything 1. What Do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers Have in Common? 2. How Is the Ku Klux Klan Like a Group of Real-Estate Agents? 3. Why Do Drug Dealers Still Live with Their Moms? 4. Where Have All the Criminals Gone? 5. What Makes a Perfect Parent? 6. Perfect Parenting, Part II; or: Would a Roshanda by Any Other Name Smell as Sweet? Epilogue: Two Paths to Harvard Bonus Material Added to the Revised and Expanded 2006 Edition Notes Acknowledgments Searchable Terms About the Authors Credits Copyright About the Publisher gift is the ability to ask such questions. For instance: If drug dealers make so much money, why do they still live with their mothers? Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What really caused crime rates to plunge during the past decade? Do real-estate agents have their clients’ best interests at heart? Why do black parents give their children names that may hurt their career prospects? Do schoolteachers cheat to meet high-stakes testing standards? Is sumo wrestling corrupt? Many peopl......