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  • July 2008

    • Flip-Flopping Pols Are Just Channeling Inner Hypocrite

      New York Times  |  Jul 1, 08 1:51 PM CDT

      Flip-Flopping Pols Are Just Channeling Inner Hypocrite

      (Newser) - Think all politicians are self-justifying hypocrites? You're probably right, John Tierney writes in the New York Times . As a recent psychological study demonstrates, all of us, given enough time and mental wiggle room, will succumb to the "self-halo effect," justifying in ourselves and our allies moral lapses we readily condemn in anyone of an opposing group. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • politics  • psychology  • hypocrisy  • morality

  • June 2008

    • Hit-and-Run Sparks Soul-Searching

      Hartford Courant (Conn.)  |  Jun 6, 08 3:00 PM CDT

      Hit-and-Run Sparks Soul-Searching

      (Newser) - A video of a 78-year-old hit-and-run victim lying paralyzed in the street has residents of Hartford, Conn., wondering what's wrong with their city, their society—and themselves. The police chief blasted Hartford this week after a wave of appalling, headline-grabbing incidents, including the savage beating of the deputy mayor and the discovery of a decomposing corpse in a recently foreclosed home. More »

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      crime  • Connecticut  • hit and run  • Hartford  • society  • apathy  • morality

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