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wray herbert

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Stints at Science News, US News & World Report, Newsweek, Psychology Today, Scientific American Mind. Author of On Second Thought.

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Joined March 2008
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The Last Days of Gaza, by @ChrisLynnHedges open.substack.com/pub/chrish…
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Business schools are in the grips of a scandal that threatens to undermine their most influential research—and the credibility of an entire field, @danengber writes. theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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Biden’s out! Let’s get to work.
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Are Schools Too Focused on Mental Health? - The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/05/06/healt…
Are We Talking Too Much About Mental Health? (Published 2024)

Are We Talking Too Much About Mental Health? (Published 2024)

Recent studies cast doubt on whether large-scale mental health interventions are making young people better. Some even suggest they can have a negative effect.

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Peter Beidler: Exploring Destinations alumni.lehigh.edu/news-blog/… I sat at the feet of Pete Beidler in the late ‘60s. Extraordinary teacher, full life.
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Israel’s Vietnam—And Ours portside.org/2024-01-22/isra…
Israel’s Vietnam—And Ours | Portside

Israel’s Vietnam—And Ours | Portside

Comparisons between Israel’s destruction of Gaza and America’s war in Vietnam are becoming more and more overt (see “In Campus Protests Over Gaza, Echoes of Outcry Over Vietnam,” The New York Times,...

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I agree. The 11th tradition may need rethinking. Hank Azaria: To Matthew Perry, God Was a Bunch of Drunks in a Room nytimes.com/2023/11/09/opini…
Opinion | Hank Azaria: To Matthew Perry, God Was a Bunch of Drunks in a Room (Published 2023)

Opinion | Hank Azaria: To Matthew Perry, God Was a Bunch of Drunks in a Room (Published 2023)

Matthew Perry wanted to be remembered for helping people get sober. I was one of them.

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Check out this unique workplace wellness program. @infinitywellnessofficial instagram.com/reel/CyRM4A8sZ…
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How the Supreme Court’s next gun case could deal a blow to originalism wapo.st/3rBBgVB

Opinion | How the Supreme Court’s next gun case could deal a blow to originalism

Unless the court wants to say domestic abusers should have guns, it’ll have to dial back Clarence Thomas’s abhorrent vision for the country.

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Most engaging novel I’ve read in a long while. Heroic epic, road tale, more. Hard not to love Billy.
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This is worrisome. A Dangerous Court Order Against The New York Times nytimes.com/2021/12/24/opini…
Opinion | A Dangerous Court Order Against The New York Times (Published 2021)

Opinion | A Dangerous Court Order Against The New York Times (Published 2021)

A troubling ruling that raises First Amendment concerns.

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The Tragedy of Afghanistan nytimes.com/2021/08/15/opini…
Opinion | The Tragedy of Afghanistan (Published 2021)

Opinion | The Tragedy of Afghanistan (Published 2021)

The war had to end. But it didn’t have to end in such chaos.

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Loneliness Is Breaking America nytimes.com/2021/07/19/opini…
Opinion | Loneliness Is Breaking America (Published 2021)

Opinion | Loneliness Is Breaking America (Published 2021)

Authoritarianism attracts isolated people.

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Black Lives Matter Protesters Were Overwhelmingly Peaceful, Our Research Finds | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-a…
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The Campaign of Lies Against Journalist Jesse Singal—And Why It Matters – Quillette quillette.com/2021/03/18/the… via @Quillette
Nice. My Second Phase of Adulthood nytimes.com/2021/04/18/opini…
Opinion | My Second Phase of Adulthood (Published 2021)

Opinion | My Second Phase of Adulthood (Published 2021)

How I’m changing my perspective on life.

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Convincing. We Should Let Some N.B.A. Players Jump the Vaccine Queue nytimes.com/2021/02/01/opini…
Opinion | We Should Let Some N.B.A. Players Jump the Vaccine Queue (Published 2021)

Opinion | We Should Let Some N.B.A. Players Jump the Vaccine Queue (Published 2021)

Like other celebrities, basketball stars can help build trust in taking the shot.

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Well said. What Really Saved the Republic From Trump? nytimes.com/2020/12/10/opini…
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