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Have you ever known someone who becomes more conservative when he's part of a liberal community, and more ...

You know Michael Phelps, the most successful and decorated Olympic swimmer of all time who won a record 28 ...

For the ancient Greeks, eudaimonia was considered the highest human good. While the word doesn't ...

Several years ago, the American Psychological Association issued a set of guidelines for psychologists ...

If you've ever waited, and perhaps are now currently waiting, to hear whether or not you've tested ...

We tend to think of immaturity and maturity as dichotomous, uniform states. Once you leave behind the ...

Back in January, we wrote an article explaining why it might be better to wait to make your New Year’s ...

We live in a chatter-filled world. People will talk your ear off when you see them in person and ...

You dropped your dream of becoming a writer and went to medical school so you wouldn’t disappoint your ...

If you've had some contact with the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, there's a good chance you found it ...

Like many of the Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson was a dad. And like a lot of dads, he often took the ...

You get really excited about an idea to start an exercise program, or become a better partner, or get ...

There are many reasons to consider eliminating, or at least reducing, one’s consumption of the ...

Many a man has been impressed by the ingenuity of secret agent operations, and intrigued by the ...

Note: This is a rebroadcast. You may think of anxiety as a reaction, a feeling, or a disorder. My guest ...

When you first receive the news that a loved one has died, you can initially feel weirdly alright. ...

Last week we explored Plato's allegory of the chariot, which the ancient philosopher used to explain the ...

Nothing is as fatiguing as the continued hanging on of an uncompleted task. —William James You probably ...

Kurt Vonnegut’s short story “Harrison Bergeron” imagines a time in which the government enforces the ...

Has life been feeling flat?  Do you not get the same pleasure from activities you once ...