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2016’s Metro Areas That Most and Least Resemble the U.S.
It’s hard to define what is or isn’t American. Although we can’t patent freedom, we can safely lay claim to buffalo wings, bluegrass and David Letterman. But we can’t have it all. Contrary to popular belief, English isn’t our official language. And the rumor that New York’s Italian immigrants invented pizza? That’s been laid to […]
Scientific American
Computers Can Sense Sarcasm? Yeah, Right
Humans pick up on sarcasm instinctively and usually do not need help figuring out if, say, a social media post has a mocking tone. Machines have a much tougher time with this because they are typically programmed to read text and assess images based strictly on what they see. So what’s the big deal? Nothing, […]
Boston Magazine
Christopher Kimball is sharing the ‘new home cooking’ from Boston
The “new home cooking,” which Kimball has described at public appearances since he left America’s Test Kitchen, is about incorporating techniques and ingredients not typically part of the standard American repertoire. “People in Mexico don’t cook Mexican food. They just cook dinner,” he said to a crowd at Northeastern University in February. “Everyone adapts to what […]
Boston Magazine
What it takes to preserve the Boston Marathon Memorial
Since January, Nancy Marche has been sorting and sifting through the memorials that were carefully laid down at Copley Square last year for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. But even after all of these months looking at the items, she manages to discover new, heartfelt messages tucked away on the sides of the […]
Foreign Affairs
Get Ready for a Russo-German Europe
The last few weeks have revealed some important truths about Europe. Prior to the crisis in Ukraine, most Americans and Western Europeans had become used to a Franco-German Europe. In this version of Europe, which was designed after World War II to dampen one of the greatest state rivalries in history, France and Germany made […]
PBS NewsHour
What’s the state of economic inequality in America?
Effectively, this means that those states that have offered benefits for anywhere from under 26 to 73 weeks will now be limited to offering 26 weeks or less. (See what that looks like in these helpful maps from the Washington Post.) At the very least, a temporary suspension of emergency unemployment assistance will delay benefit checks for […]
No, Rand Paul, There’s No Reason to Cut Unemployment Benefits
Rand Paul says he cares about the unemployed. He says it’s “our moral obligation as a society to take care of those who cannot take care of themselves.” That “no one asserts that the problem [of long-term unemployment] is people not wanting to work.” Rather “the problem is not in the minds of the unemployed, but […]
Gratitude Is About the Future, Not the Past
When life’s got you down, gratitude can seem like a chore. Sure, you’ll go through the motions and say the right things — you’ll thank people for help they’ve provided or try to muster a sense of thanks that things aren’t worse. But you might not truly feel grateful in your heart. It can be […]
Boston Magazine
About Face
For half a century, one theory about the way we experience and express emotion has helped shape how we practice psychology, do police work, and even fight terrorism. But what if that theory is wrong? Forty-six years ago a young San Francisco–based cowboy of a psychologist named Paul Ekman emerged from the jungle with proof […]
The Boston Herald
Book seen as cry for help
A Texas mother’€™s self-published book about how to battle insomnia -€” a tome detailing her son’s temper tantrums, a bout with depression and ‒emotional turmoil’€ about losing ‘€œthe love of my life’ -€” was a desperate cry for help from an overwhelmed single mom marching down a path to destruction, a prominent criminologist said yesterday.