Mean

Hey Washington Post: Mean Girls Have Nothing to Do With Age

Meredith Fineman | Posted 11.17.2011

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Meredith Fineman

Women putting down other women doesn't stop after high school. We're smarter, more developed, and more capable of bringing each other down verbally and psychologically.

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Do You Find Yourself Reverting Back To Your ‘Behavioral Mean’?

Lloyd Glauberman, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Lloyd Glauberman, Ph.D.

It is only when we begin to explore the realm of statistics that "average" becomes both very interesting and very powerful.

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Mean Republicans, Wimpy Democrats

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sally Kohn

It's astonishing that Republicans have the audacity to oppose $33 billion in unemployment benefits while supporting $700 billion in tax breaks for the rich. But as far as I'm concerned, the Democrats are their spineless accomplices.

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How To Take Criticism: Taylor Swift vs. Bob Lefsetz

Ruth Gerson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ruth Gerson

I have been stung like Swift. It's never fun. But the more experience you have with it, and the less you care about what some guy thinks of your work, the more you learn to save your energy for what is important.

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Post Earthquake, Some Nasty Voices On Battered Haiti

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph B. Treaster

Most of the country's trees had long since been chopped down for firewood. Much of the topsoil had washed away and when the rain got heavy, the bare hills and mountains became launch pads for floods.

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I Am a Big Fat Jerk

James M. Lynch | Posted 11.17.2011

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James M. Lynch

I was gathering evidence that people were stupid, they were selfish and that I was the only right thinking person in the world and my anger was justified. In short; I was being a big fat jerk.

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