How neuroscience explodes the myths of the male and female minds.
Book Review — This Life: Secular Faith & Spiritual Freedom
A philosopher argues that acknowledging death allows us to truly live.
A philosopher argues that acknowledging death allows us to truly live.
How to Live a Good Life
One reward of studying philosophy is learning the importance of having clear values. For values tell us what is worth pursuing — and what’s not.
One reward of studying philosophy is learning the importance of having clear values. For values tell us what is worth pursuing — and what’s not.
What’s Behind Rising Authoritarianism?
Political psychology and recent history provide answers.
Liberty is never more precarious than in uncertain times. From the Great Depression to the Great Recession, from the Peloponnesian War to the so-called War on Terror, harsh times attract harsh measures. Sufficiently frightened, we humans become quite willing to trade liberty for security, citizenship for slavery. Preferring security to liberty makes psychological sense. But…
In a Revolutionary New Book, a Law Professor Exposes the Truth About Health Insurance
And how we can begin to fix it.
And how we can begin to fix it.
Can Disagreement Be Productive?
The answer is as old as Socrates: Yes.
The answer is as old as Socrates: Yes.
I Remember: Lebanon Through Five-Year-Old Eyes
Power, I thought then, was the reason Lebanon couldn’t remain this nice, pretty place with sloping hills and grazing goats. Power was the enemy of peace.
Power, I thought then, was the reason Lebanon couldn’t remain this nice, pretty place with sloping hills and grazing goats. Power was the enemy of peace.
The NBA Fiasco, Boeing Crash, & Opioid Crisis Prove De-Regulation Must End
What binge drinking and unrestricted liberty have in common.
What binge drinking and unrestricted liberty have in common.
The Greatest Persuasion Trick Doesn’t Involve Any Tricks
In 'Flip the Script', Orren Klaff uses his history of high-pressure deal-making to prove that the dogma around persuasion is wrong.
In Flip the Script, Orren Klaff uses his history of high-pressure deal-making to prove that the dogma around persuasion is wrong.
The Myth of Balance
Why we should be passionate about our passions.
Why we should be passionate about our passions.
Why You Get More Done When You’re Less Busy
And why simplifying your life enriches it.
And why simplifying your life enriches it.
If You Wish to Create for Others, Create for Yourself: The Best Audience is an Audience of One
For a creative mind is not a mind at work but a mind at play. Indeed, that’s the secret.
For a creative mind is not a mind at work but a mind at play. Indeed, that’s the secret.
How a Simple Time-Management System Can Revolutionize Your Work … and Your Life
6 steps from the "Pomodoro Technique" to show you how it's done.
6 steps from the “Pomodoro Technique” to show you how it’s done.
It’s Time to Retire the ‘Guns Don’t Kill People; People Kill People’ Argument. Guns Do Kill People.
Imagine if Kim Jong Un, disputing international arms control treaties, blared: "Nukes don't kill people; people kill people!"
Imagine if Kim Jong Un, disputing international arms control treaties, blared: “Nukes don’t kill people; people kill people!”
Why We Must End the Prison-Industrial Complex
The existence of private prisons means American lives are slapped with a price tag and bartered away.
The existence of private prisons means American lives are slapped with a price tag and bartered away.
Stop Bullsh*tting Yourself
Excuses are like band-aids ... except they don't staunch the bleeding.
Excuses are like band-aids … except they don’t staunch the bleeding.