Mexican immigrants, President Trump has repeatedly told his approving base, are “bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.” In this week’s West Virginia rally he…
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How you and I feel about our lives depends greatly on our social comparisons. We feel smart when others seem dimwitted, and grateful for our…
You surely know why you chose your town, your partner, and your vocation—all for good reasons, no doubt. But might other unknown reasons—operating below…
What virtue is more needed in today’s contentious and polarized world than humility? We need deep-rooted convictions to fuel our passions, but also humility to…
“Self-consciousness [exists] in contrast with an ‘other,’ a something which is not the self.” ——C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain, 1940 We are,…
It’s a core lesson of introductory psychology: Intergroup contact reduces prejudice (especially friendly, equal-status contact). As hundreds of studies show, attitudes—of White folks toward Black…
There’s bad news and good news about Americans’ race relations and attitudes. The bad news: People perceive race relations as worsening. In a 2019…
Part of my text-writing pleasure is interjecting playful thoughts and tongue-in-cheek one-liners that students seem to enjoy: “Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?” (If…
“The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal.” ~C. S. Lewis, “Membership,” 1949 It’s one…