This Thanksgiving, StoryCorps asks you to start a new holiday tradition?set aside one hour on Friday, November 28th, to record a conversation with someone important to you. You can interview anyone you choose: an older relative, a friend, a teacher, … [Continue reading]
A National Day of Listening
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The Science of Giving Thanks
Counting blessings versus burdens: An experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being in daily life, by Emmons, Robert A. and McCullough, Michael E. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Vol 84(2), Feb 2003, 377-389. In … [Continue reading]
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Exhilaration, Exhaustion, Tennyson
Well. "Mood." Screenshot of a survey of election day emotions by the New York Times, uploaded to Flickr by Ethan HeinTwo weeks ago, more or less, I was watching the pictures from Chicago and weeping, sobbing, as the world changed. And I was so … [Continue reading]
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Intermission Music
...while we stop talking and vote. We will soon return to our regularly scheduled program. (Or maybe something completely different.) … [Continue reading]
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Wisdom versus Winning
I don't care if you are convinced. I don't care how tough-minded you appear, or how full of self-righteous fears. I am not interested in your subtle, elegant, powerful execution of a 10-point Olympic Campaign spin. What have you learned from your … [Continue reading]
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