Daily Archives: October 13, 2014

Failures

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Max West

Mass illegal immigration from Mexico. Ebola brought to the U.S. via Africans. Home-grown ISIS sympathizers from Muslim countries. The U.S. government continues to fail in its primary responsibility: the protection of its citizens. And this failure pivots on who we … Continue reading →

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The Narcissism Epidemic

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Max West

Mark Bauerlein points to a finding by Twenge & Campbell: … Jean Twenge and W. Keith Campbell, co-authors of The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement (2009), show astounding rates of narcissism for teens today, for instance, a … Continue reading →

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Midlife Crises

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Max West

From an article on “The Myth of the Midlife Crisis”: In a 2008 study of 500,000 Americans and Europeans, economists Andrew Oswald of the U.K.’s University of Warwick and David Blanchflower of Dartmouth College say life satisfaction reaches a low … Continue reading →

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