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  • The Myers-Briggs Test is Pretty Fun

    The Myers-Briggs Test is Pretty Fun1

    About a decade ago I became interested in the Myers-Briggs personality test. For those unfamiliar, the test is essentially a psychological profile examination designed to categorize people into one of 16 distinct personality “types.” It takes about 10 minutes to complete. The test was created by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabella Briggs Myers

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  • Princeton Prof Has the Ultimate Post about the Harriet Tubman $20

    Princeton Prof Has the Ultimate Post about the Harriet Tubman $200

    I admit it. I went online trying to find people spewing venom about Treasury Secretary Jack Lew’s decision to replace Andrew Jackson’s image on the $20 with that of Harriet Tubman. Alas, I’m having a hard time finding any. Oh, I’m sure there will be a few people that will find fault in the decision.

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  • Kids Who ‘Talk Back’ Become Happy, Successful Adults

    Kids Who ‘Talk Back’ Become Happy, Successful Adults0

    It’s an interesting phrase that we’ve all heard at one point or another in life, “Don’t you talk back to me!” Usually when we’re young and just starting to figure things out for ourselves, questioning everything and not accepting any answer without a deserved explanation as to why. Yes, it can get annoying dealing with

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  • How 19th-Century Women Used Seduction Laws to Rope Husbands

    How 19th-Century Women Used Seduction Laws to Rope Husbands0

    We tend to think of Victorian-era America as an oppressive environment for women—and in many ways it was. But it’s worth pointing out that during this period it was not unusual for governments to take great measures to protect the social position and respectability of women. In his book Crime and Punishment in American History,

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  • Has the Abandonment of ‘Mr.’ and ‘Mrs.’ Helped Create a Culture of Disrespect?

    Has the Abandonment of ‘Mr.’ and ‘Mrs.’ Helped Create a Culture of Disrespect?0

    In a recent Slate podcast, a caller posed the following question: “My question is about when professional athletes call the owner of the franchise Mr. (last name). It seems odd to me that grown men would call their boss Mr. Something when they could just call him by either his first name or his full

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  • 5 Quotes from Harriet Tubman, the New Face of the $20 Bill

    5 Quotes from Harriet Tubman, the New Face of the $20 Bill0

    As you may have heard, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew just announced his decision to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Regardless of your view on the change, one has to admit that Tubman was a remarkable woman. Because Tubman could not read or write, her story was first officially recorded in 1869 by Sarah

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