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Don’t just see; observe: What Sherlock Holmes can teach us about mindful decisions
What it means to go beyond seeing and to actually observe.
This is Your Brain on Shakespeare
Why do Shakespeare's plays have such a dramatic impact on readers and audiences? Philip Davis shows how Shakespeare's use of language creates heightened brain activity, or what he calls "a theater of the brain."
Does Paying for Expensive Dates Entitle Men to Sex?
Impaired judgement aside, I bet a lot of men would like to know exactly how much they have to pay to sufficiently obligate their dates to have sex with them.
In Tragedy, Kennedy Quoted Aeschylus
On the night Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, Robert F. Kennedy had to give a speech. In a world before blogs, Kennedy was in the awkward, yet history-making position […]
Sharia Prince Owns Stake In FOX News Parent
How ironic is it that the FOX News where Sean Hannity has been howling about Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf wanting “Sharia law” to replace our existing laws is the very […]
Nadine Strossen: Should illegal immigrants get the same rights as Americans?
The framers of the Constitution were careful to use the word “persons” says Strossen.
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