The United States of Diversity

5/28/15. So much here to learn about America's history and diversity.




https://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/the-united-states-of-diversity/

A Conversation between Tom Stoppard and David Sloan Wilson

5/28/15. A playwright and an evolutionary scientist.




https://evolution-institute.org/article/the-playwright-and-the-scientist-a-conversation-between-tom-stoppard-and-david-sloan-wilson/

Death Denial

5/23/15. Does our terror of dying drive almost everything we do?


http://chronicle.com/article/Mortal-Motivation/230303/

The Unassailable Virtue of Victims

5/22/15. Underdogs are making it to the top.

"If Hillary Clinton could teach the poor how to give speeches, the poor could make a good living."

--- Steve Ceresnie


http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/unassailable-virtue-victims_941011.html?page=2#

David Letterman: Farewell

5/20/15. One of the best.

http://www.city-journal.org/2015/bc0515sk.html

Learning from Mistakes

5/19/15. Seek epistemological modesty.


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/19/opinion/david-brooks-learning-from-mistakes.html?ref=opinion&_r=1

How Doctors Deliver Bad News

5/19/15. Human to human.


http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-doctors-deliver-bad-news-1431970796?KEYWORDS=bad+news

Liberal Bias in Social Psychology

5/18/15. Really?




http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fixing-the-problem-of-liberal-bias-in-social-psychology/

The kickback kids

5/18/15. The Clintons could find a loop hole in a STOP sign.




http://www.city-journal.org/2015/bc0517ng.html

Do Psychiatric Drugs Do More Harm Then Good?

5/14/15. This expert says yes. This expert should ask the people who benefit from these medicines.


As a psychologist with 35+ years of experience, I say psychiatric drugs do more good than harm.


It is difficult to get people to take antibiotics for 8 days when they have an infection. Getting people to take psychiatric drugs with no benefits --- impossible.


http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/may/12/psychiatric-drugs-more-harm-than-good-expert

The Real Problem with America's Inner Cities

5/11/15. Sociologist Orlando Patterson focuses on the complexity of problems in American inner cities.




http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/opinion/sunday/the-real-problem-with-americas-inner-cities.html?ref=topics

Regulation Run Amok and How to Fight Back

5/9/15. Many regulations kill innovations and freedom. The federal government bureaucrats who couldn't run a business if they tried, tell you how to run yours.




http://www.wsj.com/articles/regulation-run-amokand-how-to-fight-back-1431099256?KEYWORDS=Charles+Murray

Overkill

5/9/15. Dr. Atul Gawande on medicine, diagnostic testing, and diagnosis. Too much waste?




http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/11/overkill-atul-gawande

Keys to Remembering Where the Keys Are

5/6/15. Jane Brody in the NYT.


http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/04/as-we-age-keys-to-remembering-where-the-keys-are/?ref=topics

Joseph Epstein: From Parent to Parenting

5/5/15. What's the matter with parents today?


https://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/from-parent-to-parenting/

The Case for Compensating Kidney Donors

5/5/15. Sally Satel, M.D. makes the case.

Too many people are dying, whose lives could be saved.

http://www.aei.org/publication/the-case-for-compensating-kidney-donors/

Addiction is a Matter of Persistance - Not Fate

5/5/15. Addiction as a chronic brain disease is an appealing explanation --- except it is not true.

http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/miarticle.htm?id=10133#.VUhLYbl0yM8

What Can We Do About the American Inequality Crisis?

5/5/15. The author of Bowling Alone fills his next book with how to help children in America.

Some say we have already tried his recommendations.

http://www.city-journal.org/2015/bc0327kh.html

Thomas Sowell: Race, Politics, and Lies

5/5/15. Family life for African Americans was much better before the 1960's Great Society trapped too many families in the culture of welfare dependency.

Before 1960, single parents families and crime filled communities were much more rare than now.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/05/05/race_politics_and_lies_126484.html

Theodore Dalrymple: The Horrors of Self-Esteem

5/5/15. You can have too much self-esteem, but not too much self-respect.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psychiatric-disorder/201504/the-horrors-self-esteem