Why Every Racist Mentions Their Black Friend
Eric Horowitz Feeling threatened leads people to overestimate the importance of past actions When something is thoroughly covered by both the New Republic (link is external) and Urban Dictionary (link…
7 Ways (Besides Sex) To Emotionally Connect With Your Partner
by Robert Augustus Masters Without emotional intimacy, relationships founder on the reefs of emotional discord or flatness—no matter how heated the sex, no matter how much we hold in common—leaving…
Racial Anxiety Can Perpetuate Racial Inequalities
Meaningful contact between groups can reduce racial anxiety and bias By Linda R. Tropp, PhD (University of Massachusetts Amherst) and Rachel D. Godsil (Seton Hall University School of Law) Most…
Football really is America’s religion
That’s what made the NFL protests so powerful. The macho Christianity behind American sports culture, explained. Updated by Tara Isabella Burton@NotoriousTIB tara.burton@vox.com This weekend, the football arena became a political…
Should Health Care Be A Right?
by Kenneth Cooper Well at least Sen. Bill Cassidy is no longer a liar. Back before he was a liar, Cassidy, our senior senator from Louisiana, said he wouldn’t vote…
The Many Ways We Lie to Ourselves
Shahram Heshmat Ph.D. How honest are you with yourself? Everyone is in denial about something. Self-deception (or lying to yourself) is simply a motivated false belief. False beliefs can satisfy…
Warning Letter to Hurricane Survivors from Katrina Survivor
Beware Harvey and Irma Survivors By Bill Quigley. Bill teaches law at Loyola University New Orleans. Dear Fellow Hurricane Survivors: Our hearts go out to you as you try to…
Why We Are Underprepared for Disasters
Robert Meyer and Howard Kunreuther Ph.D. The 6 cognitive biases we need to address In 2009, 228 people died in the crash of Air France 447 when the plane went…
The #1 Thing She Wants In Bed Will Make Sex Better For You, Too
Dirty talk and kinky sex aren’t the only things that can keep the spark alive By Alisa Hrustic What does she really want during sex? Men everywhere have pondered that…
Football is a Dying Sport
This Will Be One of the last few Saints Football Games You Will Get to See By Jeff Thomas Like many of you, I will have my favorite game food…