Why Men Do Stupid Things: The Psychological Appeal of Prostitutes

By Michael Bader, AlterNet. Posted March 14, 2008.
A psychotherapist explains what might go on in the deeper recesses of the minds of men like Eliot Spitzer.
There will no doubt be a lot written about Eliot Spitzer’s ethics, his hypocrisy and the damage done to his family, as well as discussions of the degradation that most [...]

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Is There a Dark Side in All of Us?

By Elizabeth Heathcote, The Independent UK. Posted March 14, 2008.

Maverick academic Philip Zimbardo says we are all capable of evil. Is he right?

On 28 April 2004, Philip Zimbardo was in Washington for a conference. The TV was on in his hotel room and photographs of the abuses carried out in Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq [...]

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Midlife Suicide Rises in U.S.

clipped from www.nytimes.com

Midlife Suicide Rises, Puzzling Researchers

A new five-year analysis of the nation’s death rates recently released by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the suicide rate among 45-to-54-year-olds increased nearly 20 percent from 1999 to 2004, the latest year studied, far outpacing changes in nearly every other age group. [...]

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Holiday Blues Quiz…

How much do you know about the holiday blues? Take this quiz and find out.
By Deborah Gray

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today’s quote…

“Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.”
-Brian Tracy-

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Asperger syndrome Information on Healthline

I have a 15 y/o son that definitely has this and is in the process of being diagnosed & treated for it.  Unfortunately, I’ve suspected that he had it and went to my son’s psychiatrist who told me that he couldn’t possibly have it because he didn’t look like he did!!!  Well, now my little sister has [...]

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Urban Legends Quiz

I’m still naive at 45…my score… 
You are somewhat myth-savvy.
You got 6/10 correct.
Let’s face it: Every brain needs a good workout now and again.

Urban Legends Quiz
by Myriam Gabriel-PollockDid you hear about the old lady who microwaved her poodle? Or the sewer alligators of New York City? How about lethal Pop Rocks and [...]

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Quiz: Are You Ready to Repot? – Beliefnet.com

Are you ready to change your life? Like a plant, your roots–your hopes and dreams–need to be nourished. Take the Repotting test by Diana Holman and Ginger Pape (reprinted from repotting.com), to see if you’ve outgrown your daily circumstances and are ready for a larger growth environment. Then check out the 10 steps of “repotting.”
Source: [...]

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Anna Nicole Smith 1967 – 2007

 
Rick McKee, Augusta, Georgia, The Augusta Chronicle (GA). E-Mail Rick. Visit an archive of the artist’s most recent cartoons in the drop menu at the right. Click on the cartoon to e-mail it to a friend.
Source: Anna Nicole Smith 1967 – 2007

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AlterNet: Sex & Relationships: Readers Write: Revisiting Queer 101

 
Last week we published Cameron Scott’s Queer 101: A Guide for Heteros, and it drew quite a response from many of our readers.
Some people felt the article did not include the full spectrum of queer people — and took issue with the author for not addressing bisexual people or drag queens.
Others felt the [...]

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Queer 101: A Guide for Heteros

 
As last November’s election neared and a Democratic victory appeared more and more likely, Republicans warned that Speaker Pelosi would impose her “San Francisco values” on average Americans. Americans to the right of the left coast felt in their gut that San Francisco values were a shameful thing, without really knowing what they were. [...]

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Do you have a strange mind?

I can read this can you?
fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr [...]

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