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Reduce Stress with Self-Compassion
You have too much on your plate, deadlines are looming, and people are counting on you. Since you can’t eliminate bouts of intense stress, you have to learn to...
Cheesecake Factory’s 3,000-Calorie Bistro Shrimp Pasta Tops List of ‘Xtreme’ Gut-Busters
Imagine attempting the 12,000-calorie Michael Phelps diet, only everything deep-fried, sugar-coated, sodium-doused and fat-drenched. Or, don't bother imagining...
Gut Bugs: How They Make You Sick Or Well
Most of the time, the bacteria that lives in our gut eases digestion and boosts our immunity, but gut bugs can be harmful too. Recent research looks at a...
Checking Romney’s Claim that Obama Wants to ‘Gut Welfare Reform’
In a new ad released Tuesday, Mitt Romney charges that the Obama Administration has returned to “plain old welfare” by dropping work requirements passed in 1996...
“It is another kick in the gut to middle-class families.”
–Mitt Romney on the June jobs report.
“Stolen Valor” Law Ruled Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court basically upheld President Obama’s health-care law Thursday in the final day of its term. Amid all the hubbub over that, it’s important to note...
Trust Your Gut
Most of us are taught to defer to authority. As a result, we tend to disregard our internal compasses. But your instinct are often right. Here is how to counter...
Beyond the Headlines: Care With Compassion
I visited Joint Base Lewis-McCord in Washington state last week, to attend the retirement of a good friend of mine, another Army psychiatrist who has served for...
Giants Running Back Accidentally Scores Game-Winning Touchdown
With just under a minute left on the clock, Ahmad Bradshaw accidentally scored instead of taking a knee at the 1-yard line.
Geeky Halloween Costume: Two iPads Equal One Hole in the Gut
People spend crazy money on last-minute Halloween costumes and, if you sound like someone who has crazy money and needs a last-minute Halloween costume, why not...
Gregg’s “Gut”
–Republican Senator turned Goldman adviser Judd Gregg handicapping debt ceiling negotiations on a company conference call. [Via]
Game-Winning Tragedy: High School Basketball Star Collapses and Dies After Hitting Buzzer-Beater
After a sinking a shot for a thrilling overtime win, 16-year-old Wes Leonard collapsed on the court and later passed away. An undefeated Michigan team lost...
Marc Ona Essangui.
When a man in a wheelchair is harassed by the police and the government, it's not the strength of his body they're afraid of, but the strength of his ideas...
The Classy Quickie
Thanks to Youtube and Funny or Die, short films haven't been this hip since the days they were made by guys named Chaplin and Keaton. But for a higher-minded...
Getting Classy
If you haven't partied in Seoul recently, you're in for a pleasant surprise. Nightlife in the Korean capital no longer means mixing only with expats and U.S...
Exporting Compassion
As President Bush prepares to meet his European and Canadian counterparts at the G-8 summit this weekend, he is dusting off an image that he first presented to...
Business Classy
Weary of commercial travel but can't afford a private jet? There's a new option. Last week Lufthansa began operating an all-business-class flight from Newark...
The Nation: Gut Campaigning
Strange are the things a candidate will stomach to win a few votes. Consider the fortitude of Roman ("Pooch") Pucinski, the Democratic Illinois Congressman who...
