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  • 5 Myths about Emotional Intelligence

    5 Myths about Emotional Intelligence0

    In the past few years Emotional Intelligence (EI) has been widely lauded as the most innovative way to measure smarts since Intelligent Quotient (IQ). Harvard Business Review called EI a “ground-breaking, paradigm-shattering idea.” But what does EI mean? How is it useful?  And what myths or misconceptions have surrounded it? Probably the most succinct definition

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  • The March for Science Had Nothing to do with Science

    The March for Science Had Nothing to do with Science0

    A march for science is a contradiction in terms. Marching is an expression of our subjective emotions. Science is an attempt to put emotion and subjectivity aside in order to discover how the world works. If you march for science, you are clearly marching for something other than science, and damaging the standing of science

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  • Ted Cruz Introduces Bill to Use El Chapo’s Drug Money to Fund Border Wall

    Ted Cruz Introduces Bill to Use El Chapo’s Drug Money to Fund Border Wall0

    Via the Hill: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is introducing a bill to allow assets seized from drug lords, like Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, to fund President Trump’s proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Cruz’s bill, the Ensuring Lawful Collection of Hidden Assets to Provide Order Act, also known as the “El Chapo Act,” is a

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  • No, The Catholic Church Didn’t Punish Galileo for Heliocentrism

    No, The Catholic Church Didn’t Punish Galileo for Heliocentrism1

    If you’re going to pose as being objective, it’s always good to have your facts straight. Scientific American, clearly stung by criticism that the March for Science (which it had helped promote) had been politicized, published a defense of politicized science in an editorial this week. The argument of the author—Ubadah Sabbagh—is that science can’t

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  • Mike Rowe is Offended by Nordstrom’s $425 Fake Muddy Jeans

    Mike Rowe is Offended by Nordstrom’s $425 Fake Muddy Jeans0

    We’ve all seen those torn jeans that upscale stores sell for a couple Benjamin Franklins. Well, Nordstrom’s recently took it a step further. Via Mike Rowe: “This morning, for your consideration, I offer further proof that our country’s war on work continues to rage in all corners of polite society. Behold the latest assault from

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  • Is School Curriculum Preventing Kids from Reading?

    Is School Curriculum Preventing Kids from Reading?0

    When I was five, I nabbed the book my mother was reading out loud and used my fledgling phonics to sound out the captions below the pictures. Since then, reading has been one of my favorite pastimes. But when I was in second grade, my English curriculum dictated a unit study on the Beatrix Potter

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  • If kids can’t cross streets safely, why do we offer them sex changes?

    If kids can’t cross streets safely, why do we offer them sex changes?0

    The very latest research by developmental psychologists shows that American children are not competent at crossing busy streets until they are at least 14. This news was important enough to be included in the daily briefing for members of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). In an article in a professional journal called Journal of

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  • Harvard Poll Finds that Millennials Basically Live in Bubbles

    Harvard Poll Finds that Millennials Basically Live in Bubbles0

    A new poll from Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics (IOP) reveals that millennials, or people aged 18 to 29, are enclosed in ideological bubbles.  Their social and professionals circles are largely segregated along partisan lines: conservatives interact almost exclusively with conservatives, liberals with liberals. Here’s a snapshot of the poll findings: More conservatives know

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  • ‘Adulting’ School is Great – If It Happens in Elementary School

    ‘Adulting’ School is Great – If It Happens in Elementary School0

    By now many have heard about the “adulting” school in Maine, which teaches young, college-and-career-age professionals to live responsible and self-sufficient lives. Among the topics covered in adulting school are cooking, household management, and financial basics. Not surprisingly, the adulting school has been met with outrage, not because the American public disapproves of the subjects

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