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  • 10 Cognitive Biases That Affect Your Everyday Decisions

    10 Cognitive Biases That Affect Your Everyday Decisions0

    A cognitive bias is defined as a pattern of thinking that deviates from norm or rationality in judgment. Inferences about other people and situations are often woven in an illogical fashion, and individuals can create their own “subjective reality” from their respective perceptions. Got that? Okay. Let’s take a look at 10 of the most

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  • 10 Classic Tales to Put Under the Tree

    10 Classic Tales to Put Under the Tree0

    Looking for some last minute gift ideas for the children in your life? Check out some of our staff recommendations and favorites below! The Little Farm, by Lois Lenski Beautifully illustrated with Lois Lenski’s classic artwork, The Little Farm introduces little folks to the wonders of barnyard life. Lenski’s The Little Fire Engine, Policeman Small,

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  • 10 Chinese Proverbs for Everyday Life

    10 Chinese Proverbs for Everyday Life2

    Unexpectedly, my past few weeks of reading have revolved around specific topics: I’ve been reading a lot of war novels, for example, and I’ve been working through two books focusing on the country of China. One of my China-related books was Safely Home, a popular novel by Randy Alcorn exploring the purpose of life on

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  • 10 Challenging Quotes from a 20th Century Classic

    10 Challenging Quotes from a 20th Century Classic0

    • October 21, 2015

    Richard Weaver’s Ideas Have Consequences (1948) is considered one of the best nonfiction books of the 20th century. In it, Weaver dianoses problems of the modern age, explores their origins, and offers some potential cures. His University of Chicago colleague Paul Tillich described it as “Brilliantly written, daring and radical… It will shock, and philosophical shock is

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  • 10 Books You Need to Read Before Graduation

    10 Books You Need to Read Before Graduation0

    “If you don’t read good books, you will read bad ones,” C. S. Lewis writes. We may need to update Lewis’s claim for the twenty-first-century reader, for those who do not read good books will not necessarily read bad ones, but may—in not knowing why or what they should read—substitute books entirely with hours of

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  • 10 (Unwritten) Rules for Imitating an Accent

    10 (Unwritten) Rules for Imitating an Accent0

    I heard a radio advertisement from the local zoo for an Australian Outback exhibit. The narrator spoke in a thick, caricature Aussie accent. It made me wonder: When is it acceptable to imitate an accent, and when is it taboo?   After extensive internet research, here are 10 unwritten rules floating around in the internet ether

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