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The Villain on Good Friday: It's Us
Who are the real villains on Good Friday (or the story of Jesus' death)? It's kind of like the kid's TV show Scooby-Doo—that lovable morning cartoon ...
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Moral Overconfidence
Nitin Nohria, in the Washington Post, explores the idea that we are not as virtuous as we think we are. Nitin has coined the term "moral overconfidence. ...
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You're Really Not That Nice
A 1961 research project asked ordinary people to send extremely painful electric shocks to a stranger. (Unbeknownst to the participants, the fake shocks ...
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Study Reveals Our 'Bias Blind Spots'
A study by a couple of researchers at the University of Toronto and at James Madison University in Virginia proved something that we may already know. ...
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Young Adults' Prayers Lack Repentance and Praise
Researcher Christian Smith's book, Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers, concludes that many young American adults ...
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Tim Keller on the Rats in the Cellar
Pastor Timothy Keller paraphrases an analogy originally used by C.S. Lewis (in his book Mere Christianity) to demonstrate the nature of sin in our hearts. ...
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CEO of Buffalo Wild Wings on the Need for Feedback
Sally Smith, the president and former CEO of the wildly popular Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant chain, was asked, "What are some things you've ...
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Summarizing Your Life in Six Words
If you had to summarize your life in six words, what would they be? Several years ago an online magazine asked that question. It was inspired by a possibly ...
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Actor Bill Murray: 'We're not that Wonderful'
In a 2014 interview, the actor Bill Murray was asked about his then current eligible bachelor status. (Murray went through a painful divorce in 2009.) ...
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Americans Display Extreme Over-confidence
[Americans] have tremendous faith in themselves. In 1950, the Gallup organization asked high school seniors, "Are you a very important person?" ...
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