Narcissism of small differences
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The most successful socialist society on earth goes to the polls on Sunday. It is not the socialism of Lenin, and certainly not of Mao.
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An article last Thursday about narcissistic behavior among young adults incorrectly attributed the following quotation to Plato: âThe children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.â Its origin is unclear, although many researchers agree that Plato is not the source.
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Art imitates life, and  life imitates art, and sometimes it's hard to tell which is  which.
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ÂThe lingering, perceived essence of anotherÂ sounds like the subject of a Proustian rumination. In fact, it is a line from an academic paper last April in The Journal of Marketing, by Jennifer J. Argo, Darren W. Dahl, and Andrea C. Morales. The authors examined a phenomenon that drives store managers crazy: consumers love to touch products in stores, but they hate buying things others have touched.
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One angry word begets another, and one Fool tries to sort out who's closer to the truth.
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Life hardens us and art desensitizes us. Is the culture of violence turning us into creatures without empathy? Commentary by Tony Long.
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Nutrition, obsession, global business:  an exploration of our second most basic desire.
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Imitation can be the sincerest form of confusion.
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What we avoid in small caps, and why we avoid it.
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Why do we gossip? Evolution may hold some surprising answers.
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A sigh, a glance at a wristwatch, a 5 o'clock shadow. After all the weighty words are passed back and forth in a presidential debate, it is often a simple gesture or a quick quip or a difference in appearance that remains in the memory.
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People who hold positive opinions assume more often than those who hold negative ones that others share their opinions, according to a new study.
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This kind of sibling relationship is different. But how? A case study.
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Imaging the brain during social interaction reveals a deficit that may be tied to a sense of self.
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People tend to chose friends who look like them, research suggests.
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Aging may not be all in the mind, but negative self-image and stereotypes have a significant impact on age-related symptoms of frailty and memory loss.
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âThere are usually precedents that you may not be noticing that are influencing you when you make changes in your life.â