Opinion
Want to prevent sexual harassment and assault? Start by teaching kids
In the wake of sexual assault and harassment allegations involving Harvey Weinstein and Bill O’Reilly, Americans may be learning just how preval...
Want to support veterans?
On Memorial Day and throughout the year, many Americans honor those who have lost their lives in the line of duty by donating to charities that help m...
The best way to deal with failure
Failure is a part of life, and we make mistakes pretty much every day. How do we cope? Or better yet, how should we cope?Academics and the mainstream ...
How the god you worship influences the ghosts you see
If you’ve ever seen a ghost, you have something in common with 18 percent of Americans.But while there’s evidence that our brains are hard...
Like it or not, just doing their jobs
In the heat of the news coverage of the quadruple homicide in Lawrence County, Ohio, criticism surfaced of the manner in which the event was presented...
Child with failure to thrive
This week’s case record of the Massachusetts General Hospital in the New England Journal of Medicine (1) is one of a 19-month-old child with fai...
Protect your paradise this Halloween
Before demons infiltrated my home, I didn’t understand the importance of protecting my space. At Halloween time I stretched fake cobwebs across ...
Are religious people more moral?
Why do people distrust atheists?A recent study we conducted, led by psychologist Will Gervais, found widespread and extreme moral prejudice against at...
The IRS targeting scandal was fake, but IRS budget woes are a real problem
Conservatives have been seething since 2013 over what they say was an unfair and imbalanced effort by the IRS to scrutinize right-leaning organization...
Is local news on the cusp of a renaissance?
It’s not an easy time to be a journalist in the United States. Since 2000, nearly half of newsroom jobs – more than 20,000 of them –...
