In an earlier post, I created an hypothesis: That some people can almost literally feel what you feel; that the ability to empathize exists in a wide range, and people at the top are bombarded with emotions sucked off other people. (See Could biology impact political views?) I think I’m one of these emotional […]
Read More →This story originally appeared in The Orlando Sentinel on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015 Should Confederate monuments be destroyed? No – and yes – and that’s not really the question. The focus shouldn’t be on granite, iron or art. It should be on the people who view the monuments. In a convoluted way, many people’s […]
Read More →The world is a polarized place. Our differences, however, may be biological as much as ideological. Fact No. 1: People with autism have trouble empathizing with other people. They simply don’t identify tricky non-verbal cues and, as a result, can’t share in someone else’s happiness or sadness. (An overly simple explanation.) Fact No. 2: […]
Read More →In America, we’re (almost) all socialists. We just don’t know it. Communism is a cute, feel-good idea: Everyone is economically equal, but as we learned from Russia and China, communism doesn’t work. One person soon takes a shine to power and all the yes-men minions that go with it. Next thing you know, the […]
Read More →We’d have fewer divorces if we had fewer marriages, and we’d have fewer marriages if we’d accept “singlehood” as a legitimate lifestyle. If you’re on a dating website and like “long walks on the beach and watching the sunset alongside my special someone,” I’m probably not the man for you. I’d love to marry […]
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