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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
I Give Money To Homeless People Because It Boosts My Self Esteem
And you do too… whether you admit it, or not.
What Is Money Worth?
We can never know for sure where our money goes after we hand it out to people on the street. This is of course the reason why we give money rather than material items - the ambiguity of our gift frees us of [...]
11 Comments » - Posted in Psychology, Society by Andrew Blanco
Friday, November 7th, 2008
Smart Spanish VII
“La única cose que interfiere con mis estudios es mi educación.”
Translation
“The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.”
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Albert Einstein image courtesy of Flickr user WalkingGeek published under the CC license.
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3 Comments » - Posted in History by Andrew Blanco
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Obama: He Came, He Saw, He Conquered
For that is the true genius of America - that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow. (President Barack Obama)
The Leader and the Landslide
Any doubt about Barack Obama’s executive ability should have been allayed by his landslide [...]
8 Comments » - Posted in History, Politics, Society, Technology by Andrew Blanco
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Smart Spanish VI
“Este sistema americana de nosostros - llama lo americanismo, llama lo capitalismo, llama lo que te gusta - le da a todos y cada uno de nosostros una gran oportunidad si solo aprovechamos con ambas manos y sacamos el maximo partido de ella.”
Translation
“This American system of ours - call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Economics, International by Andrew Blanco
Monday, October 27th, 2008
Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome
In her book Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome [PTSS]: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing, Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary, Ph. D., proposes that the current generation of inner city African Americans are suffering a collective case of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
What?
Before discussing the details of Dr. Leary’s theory, it will be helpful to review the basics [...]
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