Why Some People Hurt The Ones They Love
4 days ago
There are some people who hurt the ones they love unintentionally, while others do so intentionally. We tend to hurt the people we love the most because that is when we are at our most...
Many people get stuck in indecision and analysis paralysis. It has nothing to do with being competent, intelligent, or talented. In effect, overthinking and getting lost in infinite...
TweetPrivate pandemic “pods” are the latest edu-craze to sweep the land. But turns out there’s nothing new about privileged parents fleeing the public school system—or...
Making the Grade
25 days ago
TweetWhen the pandemic shuttered schools, it also put grades on hold, and exposed an underlying problem frequently ignored before the crisis: A-F grades serve several different...
Is it Time to Cancel Teach Like a Champion?
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Chicago Boyz
There has been much discussion about the dangers of fraud, lost ballots, extreme delays, etc, which could be associated with a large-scale vote-by-mail policy. There is another...
Freedom is greatest within restraints and boundaries. Sure, on some slippery slope with no constraining adverbs, this seems contradictory, but we recognize daily that minimal...
Happy VJ-Day, Plus 75 Years.
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Centinel2012
According to Star Parker, why is it actually a good thing that President Trump inflames the culture war in America? And how did she turn around her life of drug abuse and dependence on...
How is the ideological basis of the far-left fundamentally at odds with traditional values? What is the war for America’s soul, as told in Dr. Sebastian Gorka’s new book? And in...
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The BRAD BLOG
Bald eagle attacks gov't drone, sends it to bottom of Lake Michigan * * * Perry Dorrell blogs as PDiddie at Brains and Eggs, usually on topics concerning the strange brew of Texas politics...
It’s NICOLE SANDLER back behind the guest host’s microphone today for a special edition of the BradCast. [Audio link is posted below.] It's special because I'm joined by one of...
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bluebird of bitterness
Monday chuckles
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An oldie but goodie.
Sunday funnies
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A state moratorium banning uranium mining in the Commonwealth of Virginia has stood since 1982. But in 2007, a Canadian company called Virginia Uranium Inc., partnered with a landowner...
News, #energy, #environment, #nuclear, #regulation, #safety Wednesday’s regular segment, Beyond Nuclear, is about nuclear issues, including weapons, energy, waste, and...
If you are desperate for $20 and $200, that probably means you or your kids are hungry or need medication to stay alive. Your friends at Square are here to help. Square's peer-to-peer...
President Obama sure did take a long time to finally endorse Joe Biden for his 2020 run. The world couldn't help but notice that Biden's former partner in crime didn't exactly hop at...
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Research Digest
By Emily Reynolds. Pursuing "hedonic" goals shouldn't be dismissed as a failure of self-control which undermines long-term goals, researchers argue.
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web
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This work first appeared on SAPIENS under a CC BY-ND 4.0 license. Read the original here. "I’ve been told this is the longest suspended water system in Nepal,” Mitch Silver, a self-described...
Biologist Brent Sinclair has a few critters he’s eager to talk about: a monstrous, grasshopper-like insect in New Zealand, a spotted alpine cockroach, and the common spring field...
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Accidental Deliberations
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Dan Guadagnolo calls out the spinmeisters trying to torque job availability numbers to portray workers receiving coronavirus relief...
Sunday Morning Links
a day ago
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Lori Fox writes that the COVID-19 pandemic reflects a fundamental break with what had been business as usual - making it essential that we both...
Saturday Morning Links
2 days ago
- Assorted content for your weekend reading.- As the Libs continue to stall on announcing a promised transition from an expiring CERB to a revised employment insurance system, David...