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  • Ben Franklin’s 6 Steps to Becoming a Good Conversationalist

    Ben Franklin’s 6 Steps to Becoming a Good Conversationalist1

    • July 17, 2018

    While recently participating in a course on business and networking skills, I took part in an interesting exercise. Pairing every individual with another class member, the instructor gave each team a couple minutes to discover two previously unknown things they held in common. The results were fascinating. Not only were a number of topics covered, but

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  • In 2017, the U.S. Led the World in CO2 Emission Reduction. It’s the 9th Time This Century

    In 2017, the U.S. Led the World in CO2 Emission Reduction. It’s the 9th Time This Century0

      From the June 2018 BP Statistical Review of Global Energy (67th edition) here are some details on C02 emissions in 2017: 1. Global CO2 emissions from energy in 2017 grew by 1.6% (and 426.4 million tons, see data here), rebounding from the stagnant volumes during 2014-2016, and faster than the 10-year average of 1.3%. 2. Declines in CO2 emissions

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  • 7 Takeaways From FBI Agent Strzok’s Bizarre Congressional Testimony

    7 Takeaways From FBI Agent Strzok’s Bizarre Congressional Testimony0

    A joint hearing of two House committees Thursday repeatedly turned testy as FBI agent Peter Strzok sought to explain away text messages sharply critical of Donald Trump and how they did not affect the fairness of the FBI investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Strzok, reassigned but still an FBI employee, admitted

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  • The Economic Illiteracy of Bernie Sanders

    The Economic Illiteracy of Bernie Sanders0

      In a recent piece for the Guardian, Bernie Sanders protests the dehumanizing exploitation of workers currently employed by Disneyland, which is owned by the Walt Disney Company. What starts as a few heart-throbbing anecdotes about individuals struggling to make ends meet readily segues into the usual narrative blending anti-capitalist banalities with mishandled economic data. 

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  • Robert Frost, Original Sin, and Why Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

    Robert Frost, Original Sin, and Why Good Fences Make Good Neighbors0

    “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” wrote poet Robert Frost. In the opening line to his famous poem, “Mending Wall,” Frost explores one of the mysteries of fallen human nature. Everyone feels both a need for and an aversion to order. His questioning of the role of walls tries to explain this contradiction.

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  • Former CIA Boss John Brennan Tweets Fake Lincoln Quote, Won’t Take It Down

    Former CIA Boss John Brennan Tweets Fake Lincoln Quote, Won’t Take It Down0

    It’s become a running joke that Abraham Lincoln didn’t actually say half the things attributed to him. Lincoln historians will tell you this phenomenon began almost as soon as the sixteenth president’s life was claimed by John Wilkes Booth, if not before. Yet the problem has only grown more acute in the internet age. The

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