What your levels of sensitivity say about you

Scott Barry Kaufman, Salon, May 7, 2015 Do other people’s moods affect you? Do you tend to be more sensitive to pain? You may be a highly sensitive person – someone who tends to have intensified experiences and responses to their surroundings....

The uses of history

The Economist, August 29, 2015 The 70th anniversary of Japan’s second-world-war surrender has exposed what is almost an obsession with history both in Japan and among some victims of its wartime aggression, especially in China and South Korea. […read...

Rethinking Work

Barry Schwartz, The New York Times, August 28, 2015 How satisfied are we with our jobs? Gallup regularly polls workers around the world to find out. Its survey last year found that almost 90 percent of workers were either “not engaged” with or...

India Virtually Eliminates Tetanus as a Killer

Donald G. McNeil, Jr., The New York Times, August 28, 2015 A year after eliminating polio, India has scored another public health victory. Following a 15-year campaign, the country has virtually eliminated tetanus as a killer of newborns and mothers. […read...