Politics makes us sick
Study: Politics makes us sick Hard-core election season is upon us, and it’s literally making us sick. Physically sick. Emotionally sick. Sick. Kevin…
Category: Personal Development
Dreams and easy money: The story of Poyais
The lure of easy money, a grand scheme, and a big talker: These are ingredients for a disaster in any time or place, but in 1820, they nearly brought down…
Top priority for flights: Legroom
It’s become the most important issue in airline travel: Legroom. Seat pitch is the key measurement that tells you if your legs will be touching your chin…
Study: Student IQs are average
In 1940, 10 percent of adults attended college and 60 percent had only an elementary education or no formal schooling at all. By 2009, 56 percent attended…
Book Review: The miraculous story of a Ugandan street kid
At age 10, Peter Mutabazi ran away from home and began living in a pit of garbage and dead animals. It was a step up. In his inspirational book, Now I Am…
Author speculates on ‘why kids aren’t growing up’
Kids that are unmotivated, hypersensitive, and defined by their supposed mental defects — Is this the condition of today’s children? One author says yes…
Even best friends argue: How to tell when your dog is annoyed with you
The relationship between humans and dogs is truly remarkable. For thousands of years, our species evolved together, relied upon each other for survival,…
Are we attracted to the negative?
In the heyday of print journalism, there was a saying, “If it bleeds, it leads,” summarizing the general wisdom in the news business that drama and…
What to do with your sixth sense
Sometimes people have a flash of knowledge that seems to come out of the blue. Whether you call it intuition, a hunch or a “sixth sense,” psychologists…
Build a better to-do list
A messy notepad full of scrawled reminders or a thick border of sticky notes on your computer monitor might not be doing you very many favors. Your to-do…