Revenge of the Kevins

First I write an article for the Forum explaining the controversy behind Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner’s new book, SuperFreakonomics. Then I read this post on their blog today:

An overwhelming majority of the teachers surveyed associate “traditional” names with positive character traits and non-traditional names with weak performance and bad behavior. The name Kevin has particularly negative connotations; as one teacher wrote, “Kevin is not a name — it’s a diagnosis!”

I guess I am just reinforcing stereotypes.