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Reihan Salam was raised informally as a Muslim, but isn’t particularly religious. So what brings out his “boosterish” zeal?
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For the conservative journalist, high school debate was a transformative experience. We asked which pundits make the most formidable arguments—from either side of the aisle.
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A conversation with the writer and fellow at the New America Foundation.
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Contrary to popular opinion, men are just as likely to suffer from depression than women—they just repress it, sometimes with fatal results.
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Males are less likely to make it through the embryonic state and more likely to develop a wealth of disorders and diseases.
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The masculine chromosome is unique in its inability to repair itself, making it exceptionally prone to mutation and pollution.
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A conversation with the professor of clinical medicine at Columbia University.
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When Marvin Zuckerman was developing his theory of sensation-seeking, his college friends provided a handy prototype.
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Why is isolation so dreadful for humans? As the clinical psychologist points out, it interferes with one of our brain’s basic needs.
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As the psychologist explains, a very basic learning pattern stands as the basis for the increasingly violent nature of cinema.
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A psychologist explains why those equipped with a strong novelty-seeking gene tend to exhibit unconventional thinking—something that is clear as much in street criminals as scientists.
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Since the days of hunting and gathering, males have been hardwired to seek out novelty and risk. Yet in today’s society, this trait often proves fatal.
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A clinical psychologist explains the biological basis of novelty-seeking behavior and its importance in evolutionary history.
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Big Think sits down with the Professor Emeritus at the University of Delaware.
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David Lat, founder of Above the Law, recently surveyed working attorneys on their happiness levels. He has a few ideas for why the age-old cliché holds true.
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Because law schools are cash cows for universities, shortening the time it takes to get a degree is a subject institutions have always avoided.
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Former U.S. attorney and founder of Above the Law, David Lat offers tips on where lawyers should look for work in the economic downturn.
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While the legal industry may be headed for grim days, the method of payment won’t disappear any time soon, says David Lat, founder of Above the Law.
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David Lat discusses his mission of bringing sunlight to a world covered in darkness.
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Twenty years into the Internet Age, the world of online speech is still anarchic. How much responsibility should websites take in the matter?
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David Lat would gladly split his time between the Harvard Law Review and US Weekly. Here’s how he made those dueling interests into a career.
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A conversation with the founder of Above the Law.
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What are the five jazz albums everyone should own? It’s an impossible question, Gary Giddins says (then mentions six or seven).
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Is jazz dead? Hardly, says critic Gary Giddins, who believes we’re seeing “some kind of renaissance.”
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Jazz is an African-American music, yet its major white figures initially received the top gigs, the big money—and the scorn of black musicians. Untangling the genre’s racial politics is part […]
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Can criticism be as ageless as art, or is it inseparable from its time and place? Gary Giddins takes a tough look at his own profession.
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Yes, jazz should be studied in the academies, says critic Gary Giddins. But if its raw emotion gets “turned into homework assignments,” its whole meaning gets lost.
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“Jazz” author Gary Giddins explains why critics should err on the side of gushing, not bashing.
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Once listeners learn to recognize stale pop music formulas, they often become enamored with the spontaneity of jazz.
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A conversation with the award-winning jazz critic and author of “Jazz.”
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