AvatarLeeFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoArnold Schwarzenegger Admitted To Jimmy Kimmel That He Scammed People For Extra Money Before Hid Hollywood Careerthethings.com - Alex PassaArnold Schwarzenegger was in fine form during his Jimmy Kimmel Live interview, and gave fans a surprising look into his past before acting. There are …
AvatarLeeAvatarAvatarWhen Arguing Was an Art, Not a Free-for-Allverified_publisherThe New York Times - John McWhorterIn “The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself,” Robin Reames contends that Greek and Roman rhetorical techniques can help us speak — and listen — to one another today. THE ANCIENT ART OF THINKING FOR YOURSELF: The Power of Rhetoric in Polarized Times, by Robin Reames Robin Reames, an English professor …
AvatarLeeAvatarAvatarThe world is not moving fast enough on climate change — social sciences can help explain whyThe Conversation Canada - Fayola Helen Jacobs and Candis Callison and Elizabeth MarinoIn late 2023 the United States government released its Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA). The NCA is a semi-regular summation of the impacts of …
AvatarLeeFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe History Crisis Is a National Security Problemforeignpolicy.com - Bret DevereauxAs universities shed scholars, key learning disappears. The United States is rapidly shedding historians—and the national security implications are …
AvatarLeeFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMan Reveals The Simple Reason He Refuses To Use Self Checkout At The Grocery Storeyourtango.com - Zayda SlabbekoornFor some of us, grocery shopping can be a truly dreadful experience. Between the packed stores and overpriced items, it’s often overwhelming and …
AvatarLeeAvatarAvatarHow Portugal eased its opioid epidemic, while U.S. drug deaths skyrocketedverified_publisherNPR - Brian MannTalk to people addicted to street drugs in Lisbon, Portugal's capital, and you hear confusion and dismay over the carnage of overdose deaths taking place an ocean away in the U.S. Ana Batista, a soft-spoken woman in her 50s who's been addicted to heroin for years, said she hasn't lost a single …
AvatarLeeFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoRobert Reich has The Big Picturedailykos.com - by xaxnarRobert Reich has had a long and honored career of government service, activism, and teaching. Of late he’s been addressing economic matters and the …
AvatarLeeFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBoomer Dad explains why America is experiencing labor issues and hits the nail on the headupworthy.com - Sethuraman sThe retired teacher explained that the American education system played a huge role in hampering the critical thinking of children. Millennials and …
AvatarLeeFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoDenmark is teaching its younger generation true empathy in the most wonderful wayupworthy.com - Kajol ShahEmpathy is one of the emotions critical to leading a happy life and the Danish understand that way too well. Empathy is an emotion critical to leading …
AvatarLeeFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoA Person With a Face, Unhoused on a Cold Winter Nightpsychologytoday.com - Jennifer Gerlach LCSWAltruism, fear, and the "not in my backyard" approach to homelessness. As in much of the United States, frigid cold has blanketed itself across the …
AvatarLeeAvatarAvatarWealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today’s CrisesNext Big Idea Club - Marjorie KellyMarjorie Kelly is a journalist and consultant. She is a distinguished senior fellow at The Democracy Collaborative. Her work has been featured in Fast …
AvatarLeeAvatarAvatarFrom 1947 to 2023: Retracing the complex, tragic Israeli-Palestinian conflictFrance 24 - Natasha LI , Jean-Luc MOUNIERThe Israeli-Palestinian conflict was reignited once again on October 7 after a surprise offensive launched by Hamas against Israel. In retaliation, Israel ordered air strikes and a "complete siege" of the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave. This is a new deadly episode in a conflict that …