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There’s an old Soviet Union joke about the difficult trek from socialism to the unreachable goal of communism. What was needed, the joke went, was a new “ism” to show the masses leadership was making progress. After a series of meetings, the new “ism” was created. Alcoholism. Which brings me to an article from Britain’s Daily Mail: Alcohol kills more than half Russian men and women in their most productive years, according to new research. The international study found three quarters

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Clearly they meant well . . . From the “It must be true . . . I read it in the tabloids” section of the July 3 - 10, 2009 issue of The Week . Two baby flamingos at . . . London Zoo have developed a phobia of the color pink. The month-old chicks, named Little and Large, both have the pale gray plumage flamingos are born with. In an attempt to feed them, zookeepers used a pink sock-puppet of an adult flamingo, but it only terrified the chicks. Their resulting phobia of anything pink has w

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The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

What makes good people do bad things? How can [...]

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Organizing Solutions for People With Attention Deficit Disorder: Tips and Tools to Help You Take Charge of Your Life and Get Organized

ADD, Attention Deficit Disorder and ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, are prevalent in society today, afflicting about 4.4% of the adult population, [...]

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The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression

Sometimes, the legacy of depression includes a wisdom beyond one’s years, [...]

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