The Man Who Studies Everyday Evil

1/30/15. No difficulty finding subjects to study.


http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150130-the-man-who-studies-evil?ocid=global_future_rss

Depression and Baby Boomers

1/30/15. Don't trust anyone over 30 --- how's that working for you?




http://www.gallup.com/poll/181364/reports-depression-treatment-highest-among-baby-boomers.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_content=morelink&utm_campaign=syndication

In Memory of Primo Levi

1/29/15. Chemist, author, and Auschwitz survivor.




http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/in-memory-of-primo-levi-author-and-auschwitz-survivor-1.2081055

The Sad State of the Union

1/27/15. A libertarians view of the state of the union.


http://www.hoover.org/research/sad-state-union

Are You Likely To Have An Affair?

1/27/15. Elizabeth Bernstein in the Wall Street Journal.


http://www.wsj.com/articles/are-you-likely-to-have-an-affair-1422295888?KEYWORDS=elizabeth+bernstein

Learning To Be Happy Is No Different Than Learning To Play The Violin

1/25/15. Professor Richard Davidson has the research to back up this claim ---- although it is difficult to learn how to play the violin.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/23/richard-davidson-davos_n_6529652.html

How the Brain Stores Trivial Memories

1/22/15. Just in case.


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/health/study-shows-brain-stores-seemingly-trivial-memories-just-in-case.html?ref=science&_r=1

Mental Illness: In Search of a Revolution

1/20/15. Redefining mental illness.




http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/18/opinion/sunday/t-m-luhrmann-redefining-mental-illness.html?_r=0

What Do You Think About Machines That Think?

1/20/15. 182 intellectuals give their answers.


http://edge.org/responses/q2015

A Veterans View of American Sniper

1/19/15. War is hell ---- losing this war is unimaginable.


http://variety.com/2015/film/opinion/a-veterans-view-of-american-sniper-guest-column-1201406349/

People Can Be Convinced They Committed a Crime They Don't Remember

1/19/15. And it is hard convicting some people of a crime they did commit.


http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/people-can-be-convinced-they-committed-a-crime-they-dont-remember.html

Mapping the Intricate Wiring of the Brain

1/16/15. A million, billion connections.


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/magazine/sebastian-seungs-quest-to-map-the-human-brain.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Research Yields New Insights

1/16/15. I was so tired, I slept through my nap.


http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21639438-controversial-trial-mysterious-disease-continues-yield-insights-fear

What Causes Mental Illness?

1/13/15. Temperament? Experience? Luck?




http://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/director/2015/what-caused-this-to-happen.shtml

Cartoons, Laughter, and Terror

1/12/15. Keep-em in metaphorical stitches.


http://www.city-journal.org/2015/eon0111sk.html

Tryanny of the Minority

1/10/15. One bad apple spoils the barrel.


http://www.city-journal.org/2015/eon0109td.html

The Secret to Raising Smart Kids

1/10/14. A smart psychologist gives research based advice on raising smart kids published in Scientific American.


http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-secret-to-raising-smart-kids1/

Why We Have This Dangling Thing in the Back of Our Throat

1/8/15. No --- it was not a bell at one time.


http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/here-are-possible-reasons-we-have-dangling-thing-back-our-throats-180953732/?no-ist

France and Terror

1/8/15. A psychiatrist's observations.


http://www.city-journal.org/2015/eon0107td.html

As a Driven Leaf

1/3/15. Joseph Epstein reviews a masterpiece on the balance of faith and reason.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/balancing-faith-and-reason-on-milton-steinbergs-as-a-driven-leaf-1420251623

"If God lived on Earth, people would break his windows."

--- Jewish Proverb


"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."

--- Voltaire


"God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through."

--- Paul Valery


"If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank."

--- Woody Allen

There's Nobody Behind the Wheel

1/3/15. Even organized crime is not organized.

http://townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/2015/01/03/truth-is-theres-no-one-behind-the-wheel-n1938022

Joseph Epstein: Notes on What's So Damn Funny? - My Response

1/1/15. No Code Necessary.

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/humor-no-code-necessary/