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Your Life—Not The Lives Of Others

Posted April 12, 2017

One of the worse illusions perpetrated by social media is that everyone is living a great life—except you. Posts announcing engagements, job promotions, and book contracts; selfies depicting exotic vacations, great parties, and joyful nights out; other pictures portraying loving couples, healthy children, and smiling, happy people everywhere. We are bombarded by these images day

How To Avoid Hypocrisy

Posted April 7, 2017

I find it nearly impossible nowadays to go more than two weeks without touching on some matter related to politics. Politics has always been a product of culture; but until recently the former has been mundane and boring enough to remain separate from our entertainment and spectacle driven popular culture. That has all changed, and

Leadership Lessons From President Tom Kirkman

Posted March 31, 2017

Designated Survivor is one of the newest political dramas on Netflix. The show is a big hit, having sustained a five-star rating since its September 2016 premiere. At the center of the story is President Tom Kirkman (played by Kiefer Sutherland). He appears in the first episode as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development,

How To Be A Tough-Minded Idealist

Posted March 30, 2017

The idealist is mocked and scorned, ignored and dismissed, called a dreamer, a silly-heart, an unrealistic, self-righteous ignoramus. He is, in short, not well-liked and not at all trusted. Ours is a cynical age. We live in a time of both economic and intellectual austerity. The public will give no hearing to high-minded speculation. Progressive

Are You Playing Hard Enough?

Posted March 24, 2017

If you are really dedicated and passionate about your work, you can quite easily enslave yourself to it. Not wanting to miss a single email, text message, or Facebook post, you regularly spend the time you put aside to be with your partner or your friends checking updates and lancing away at a keyboard. Most

Why Bullshit Matters

Posted March 23, 2017

The prevalence of bullshit is one of the most salient features of contemporary society. It is not a stretch to say that the election of Trump or someone like him was inevitable. The endless promotion and celebration of people who do not know what they are talking about, who spout nonsense for hours on end,

Review of NeuroActiv6 by NaturalCell

Posted March 16, 2017

Can This Brain Health Supplement Bring You A Better Quality of Life? Neuroactiv6 first caught my attention because it has a unique set of benefits. This supplement’s ingredients promise to improve brain function, reduce stress and reverse the effects of aging on the mind. The main reason that I chose to try this instead of

Brexit Revisited—Again

Posted March 16, 2017

Well, they’ve done it. The Scottish government, led by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, has called for a second referendum on Scottish independence. The move came two days ago just as British Prime Minister Theresa May was set to announce that she had official parliamentary authority to trigger Article 50, which is the formal notification of

Drawing The Lines On Parental Interference

Posted March 10, 2017

Of all the relationships we form in our lives, the one with our parents is the most complex. It is the longest, and it can be at various times easy, joyful, difficult, or infuriating. The great problem is that in those first few years in which your parents nourish and protect you, and the next

4 Secrets Of Office Politics

Posted March 2, 2017

Talent, energy, and intelligence are not enough to get ahead in the world. And for all the talk on the virtues of teamwork and cooperation there is little evidence that they work equally in everyone’s favor. When it comes down to it, ambition is the only thing that matters. Only stubborn determination can get you

What Being Political Means

Posted February 23, 2017

I talk politics—a lot. When in the company of family and friends and occasionally even strangers, I do not shy from raising objections to a hack, crushing some fool, or fulminating against a stupid, ill-considered, or unjust policy. It often happens that one or more of the persons within range of my unloaded spleen will,