Philosophy Thursday: I. Bernard Cohen
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Click Here to Read: I. Bernard Cohen, 89, Dies; Pioneer in History of Science By Wolfgang  Saxon The New York Times on June 28, 2003.

Click Here to Read: Stories by I. Bernard Cohen in the Scientific American.

Click Here to Read: Revolution in Science: I. Bernard Cohen, reply by Ian Hacking in The New York Review on Books in the October 9, 1986 Issue. Continue reading Philosophy Thursday: I. Bernard Cohen

Town Hall Question for Mr. Donald Trump by Daniel S. Benveniste
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TrumpTownHall Mr. Trump, you tell it like it is. You are bold and audacious. You don’t go in for political correctness. You speak your mind. You are creating a movement around your authoritarian personality employing black and white thinking, simple solutions for complex problems and an intolerance of ambiguity. Your slogan speeches, bumper sticker discourses, shock jock politics, political bullying and reality show action figure posturing have seduced the press and unified the lowest common elements of the frustrated and the frightened. You rally support around bigotry, stoke the flames of fear and find Continue reading Town Hall Question for Mr. Donald Trump by Daniel S. Benveniste

Writer’s Wednesday: Cynthia Ozick
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Click Here to Read: Cynthia Ozick, The Art of Fiction No. 95 Interviewed by Tom Teicholz in the Parisian Review in the Spring 1987: No. 102 Issue.

Click Here to Read: Cynthia Ozick’s Long Crusade The author is considered one of the greatest fiction writers and critics alive today. At 88, she shows no signs of slowing down by Giles Harvey n in The New York Times Magazine on June 23, 2016. Continue reading Writer’s Wednesday: Cynthia Ozick

Mass Killings May Have Created Contagion, Feeding on Itself
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Click Here to Read: Mass Killings May Have Created Contagion, Feeding on Itself By Benedict Carey in The New York Times on July 26, 2016.

People were evacuated from a shopping mall where a Iranian-German killed nine people. The gunman was reportedly obsessed with mass killings, particularly the attack by a Norwegian that killed 77 people in 2011. Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

The Value of a Flawed Memory
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Click Here to Read: The Value of a Flawed Memory: Even inaccurate memories can help people shape their identities and set goals; a new understanding of memory’s role By Sue Shellenberger inn The Wall Street Journal on July 26, 2016.

Inaccurate memories, while disastrous in a courtroom, are actually good for your personal life and shaping your identity. WSJ’s Sue Shellenbarger joins Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero to explain.