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• Michael McCullough talks to IC

  Posted on 09/01/08

  Is Revenge Just Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly? Even guppies do it. But ending hostilities appears to be just as natural.

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• False Apology Syndrome

  Theodore Dalrymple | Posted on 09/01/08

  I’m sorry for your sins.

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• Pinning Your Own Tail on Someone Else’s Donkey

  Wilfred M. McClay | Posted on 09/01/08

  Guilty feelings got you down? Let Dr. Feelgood help you move on.

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• Robert Sapolsky talks to IC

  Posted on 09/01/08

  When Monkeys Make Up – Chimps are from Mars, bonobos are from Venus.

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• Fathers and Sons – “Who is Ruth?” I asked. “I thought you knew,” she said

  Posted on 09/01/08

  A lesson in three parts ...

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• What If They Gave Out Compassionate Conservatism and Nobody Cared?

  John McWhorter | Posted on 04/01/08

  "Why Blacks Should Give Bush a Chance" sounded like the punch line of a joke.

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• Feeling Good about...Me — but that's not really the point, is it?

  James Bowman | Posted on 04/01/08

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• How an Emotion Became a Virtue

  Clifford Orwin | Posted on 04/01/08

  It took some help from Rousseau and Montesquieu.

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• Take Two Aspirin and Don't Bother Me in the Morning

  Charlotte Allen | Posted on 04/01/08

  What can doctors do when compassion fatigue sets in?

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• Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, I Feel Your Pain After All

  Posted on 04/01/08

  Mirror neurons may hold the key to understanding how human beings respond to one another's plight.

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