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  • What NFL Players Get Wrong about America

    What NFL Players Get Wrong about America0

    It started with Colin Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback who, before he was let go, made headlines for taking a knee during the playing of the national anthem to protest perceived wrongs against racial minorities. Then other NFL players followed suit. Now even eight year-old football players in Cahokia, IL, are getting into the

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  • Narcissism: 16 Behavioral Signs Of It

    Narcissism: 16 Behavioral Signs Of It0

    In his classic work The Culture of Narcissism (1979), Christopher Lasch proposed that American culture “gives increasing prominence and encouragement to narcissistic traits.” If Lasch’s thesis is correct—and he makes a very compelling case—then it seems reasonable to assume that many of us might possess narcissistic traits or behaviors, perhaps entirely unbeknownst to ourselves. It

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  • Mel Brooks: Political Correctness is Stupid and Killing Comedy

    Mel Brooks: Political Correctness is Stupid and Killing Comedy0

    There’s a lot of things that have changed since a little thing called “political correctness” pervaded our culture. What you can wear, what you can eat, what you can celebrate… even the history that we teach in school has been influenced by the culture of political correctness. But it’s also hampering another aspect of life

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  • Why are Americans Obsessed with Buying Organic?

    Why are Americans Obsessed with Buying Organic?0

    Most of us probably know someone who, when it comes to organic food, is ALL IN. Perhaps that individual is yourself. (And while we’re on the subject, let me insert here that a majority of the produce which has come from MY garden over the years has almost all been organic. Just sayin’.) But while

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  • Has U.S. Intelligence Been ‘Politically Weaponized’?

    Has U.S. Intelligence Been ‘Politically Weaponized’?0

    Former CBS investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson asked a chilling question on Wednesday: Have U.S. intel agencies become “politically weaponized”? It sounds like an absurd question. It’s the type of speculation respectable journalists (and editors) normally would not raise at a cocktail party, let alone attach their byline to in an op-ed. But Attkisson, whose own

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  • Why People Rarely Take the Last Donut at Meetings (But the Coffee Runs Dry)

    Why People Rarely Take the Last Donut at Meetings (But the Coffee Runs Dry)2

    As a professor, I’ve attended many administrative meetings. The one near-constant thing I, and others, have noticed at these meetings is that the coffee always runs out, but at least a small remnant of a donut remains. Why this occurs tells a great deal about how we use social norms to solve pool resource problems

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