Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Article Source: The Atlantic
12/09/2021
What You’re Really Worried About When You’re Worried About Money
Once you’ve met your most basic needs, an obsession with your bank account might be hiding deeper anxieties.
11/26/2021
The Benefits of Emodiversity
Becoming attuned to your more obscure emotions is good for you. So get over your stenahoria and embrace your amae.
11/24/2021
How to Be Thankful When You Don’t Feel Thankful
Thanksgiving was first proclaimed as a national celebration on October 3, 1789, by President George Washington. He declared “a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.”
11/18/2021
Quit Lying to Yourself
No one wants to be seen as a liar. Liars are considered untrustworthy at best and immoral at worst. And yet, we are perfectly content to lie to ourselves all the time.
11/11/2021
Opinion: No One Cares!
Our fears about what other people think of us are overblown and rarely worth fretting over.
11/09/2021
The Serendipity of ‘Let’s Go, Brandon’
The anti-Biden meme is meaner than your grandfather’s shoot or heck. It also offers a fascinating view of how language changes.
11/04/2021
Opinion: What Winter-Haters Get Wrong
Chasing the sun usually isn’t worth it. Learn to like the climate you’ve got instead.
10/28/2021
How To Build A Life: The Disguises We Wear Every Day
Hiding your feelings can be freeing. But eventually you have to take off the mask.
10/26/2021
Four Measures That Are Helping Germany Beat COVID
Having grown up in germany, I am skeptical of the popular notion that life is so much more rational and efficient in the country than it is anywhere else. Those who believe that Germans are incapable of irrationality should suggest imposing a speed limit on the country’s highways.
10/20/2021
Sometimes Altruism Needs to Be Enforced
Controlling COVID-19 requires a selflessness that comes naturally. Ironically, we still have to coerce it.
10/13/2021
We Accidentally Solved the Flu. Now What?
Perhaps the oddest consolation prize of America’s crushing, protracted battle with the coronavirus is the knowledge that flu season, as we’ve long known it, does not have to exist.
10/07/2021