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For centuries, the dominant image of college in America has been that of a secluded campus, full of 18-22 year-olds educating themselves for the future. Yet, as Big Think’s recent […]
In 1968, a highly-respected population biologist at Stanford named Paul Ehrlich published a best-selling book called "The Population Bomb," warning of global famine as the global population grew faster than […]
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According to Columbia grief therapist Dr. Katherine Shear, we shouldn't mourn his passing from relevance just yet.
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The grieving process, says the Columbia psychiatrist, doesn't happen in defined stages; it's about breaking an "attachment system."
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Is grief an illness? When does "normal" grief become clinical? Columbia's Dr. Katherine Shear shares insights from her groundbreaking research.
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Bereavement expert Dr. Katherine Shear reveals what happens inside the grieving brain and offers strategies for coping with loss.
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Columbia bereavement therapist Dr. Katherine Shear discusses her personal encounters with the emotion at the heart of her work.
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If a tiger ran in the room, says Dr. Katherine Shear, we'd all have one. Fortunately, like the tiger, panic attacks can be tamed.
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Duke University Professor Donald H. Taylor, Jr. says the worst health care policy option is the status quo.
It is becoming increasingly common knowledge that our world is on the brink of an unprecedented environmental crisis. However slow the reaction has been, it is beginning to take tangible […]
In what was a remarkable turnaround—and a huge victory for progressives—last week, the House of Representatives passed a health care reform bill that includes a provision for a government-run program, […]
How do you know someone's just caught the jazz bug? According to Village Voice critic and "Jazz" author Gary Giddins, when Ken Burns started loving Louis Armstrong as a fan […]
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Special Olympics Chairman Tim Shriver discusses the expansion of children’s rights through athletic competition.
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According to Tim Shriver, Chairman of the Special Olympics, legislation in the last twenty years has done much to open opportunities to children with intellectual disabilities.
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Comparing the U.S.-Mexico border fence to the Berlin Wall, Dick Armey urges the GOP to renounce the "mean spirit" that has alienated minority voters.
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Tea Party backer Dick Armey believes the movement that ousted a Republican Congressional candidate is actually resolving the party's "massive identity crisis."
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Former Congressman Dick Armey maps out a Middle Eastern strategy that can help Republicans win their domestic battles.
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"She's everything that Hillary Clinton pretends to be: an independent woman making her own way on her own terms," says Dick Armey.