Hillbilly Elegy

8/23/16. Why the white working class is falling behind.


http://www.nationalreview.com/article/438996/

Theodore Dalrymple: "It's Your Fault I Killed"

8/21/16. The mind of a psychopath.

http://www.city-journal.org/html/its-your-fault-i-killed-14618.html

William Butler Yeats: "Education"

8/18/16.


Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

William Butler Yeats: "The Best"

8/18/16. How true.


The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

Thomas Sowell: Does Black Success Matter?

8/17/16. How much longer do Black youth have to suffer an inferior education --- when great schools for black youth are doing just fine?




http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2016/08/16/does-black-success-matter-n2205360

Bret Stephens: The Meaning of an Olympic Snub

8/17/16. Sad.


http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-meaning-of-an-olympic-snub-1471303698

Jonathan Haidt, Ph.D. Talk on Moral Reasoning and Political Polarization.

8/15/16. Jonathan Haidt gave the keynote address at the 2016 American Psychological Association. His talk is on moral reasoning and political polarization.




http://heterodoxacademy.org/2016/08/09/why-the-centre-cannot-hold/

Thomas Sowell: On Donald and Hillary

3/10/16. Where did we go wrong?


http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2016/08/10/new-critics-of-trump-n2203475

David Brooks: The Great Affluence Fallacy

8/9/16.  Individual vs. Community.


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/09/opinion/the-great-affluence-fallacy.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region&region=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0

Pete Fountain: RIP

8/8/16. A clarinet player from New Orleans who I loved --- but never met.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/07/arts/music/pete-fountain-clarinetist-known-for-his-high-spirited-new-orleans-jazz-dies-at-86.html?_r=0

Dr. Amen: A psychiatrist selling snake oil

8/4/16. Buyer beware.


http://observer.com/2016/08/head-case-why-has-pbs-promoted-controversial-shrink-dr-daniel-amen/?source=realclearscience.com

Steven J. Ceresnie, Ph.D. Web Site

8/3/16. My web site with some of my articles.




http://www.stevenceresniephd.com/index.asp?action=page&name=1

Medical Benefits of Flossing Unproven

8/3/16. Keep flossing --- many things are true but unproven.




http://bigstory.ap.org/f7e66079d9ba4b4985d7af350619a9e3?source=realclearscience.com

Bumper Sticker to Remember

8/1/16.  DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK.

There are No Experts on the Future

8/1/16. Matt Ridley making sense.


http://www.rationaloptimist.com/blog/experts-and-the-future/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

What Makes a Great Teacher?

7/28/16. If you are lucky, you know.




https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/07/27/erwin-chargaff-heraclitean-fire-misfit/

First Fatigue

7/28/16. Identity politics --- how many firsts can there be?


http://www.city-journal.org/html/end-womens-history-14666.html

The Road To Calm Workbook. Life-Changing Tools To Stop Runaway Emotions

7/27/16. I just read a new book by Carolyn Daitch and Lissah Lorberbaum. The book is filled with practical tools about how to deal with emotional flooding and improve self-regulation.

Harm-Reduction Fantasies

7/27/16. Deadly heroin epidemic in New York.


http://www.city-journal.org/html/harm-reduction-fantasies-14621.html

Why Some Romans had No Need for Dentists

7/26/16. The roots of good teeth during Roman times.


https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/04/romans-had-no-need-for-dentists-because-of-one-food-they-didn-t-eat/