Know Thyself

Most of us don't know how we would act under the most dire circumstances. Few people ever have to find out. But that doesn't stop the rest of us from speculating. Read More

The U.S. media is in a frenzy over the election in Iran. I agree that the results were probably rigged, that it was not a fair election, and I, too, would have liked to see Ahmadinejad defeated. But what amazes me is how un-self-aware we Americans are in the face of a stolen election. Read More

Prominent Republicans have been calling for senators to ask Sotomayor about how her ethnic identity influences her judgment during her upcoming confirmation hearings. Some have even gone as far as accusing her of racism. Others have argued that we don't ask straight white men how their identity biases their judgments, so it would be a double-standard to ask Sotomayor.  But can Sotomayor, or anyone, tell us how her ethnic identity biases her judgment? Read More

Seeing the patterns in our own behavior. Read More