Revenge

The Revenge Instinct and the Bailout Package

Michael E. McCullough | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics


Michael E. McCullough

There's a really nice piece by Ben Carey in the New York Times today about the role of the revenge instinct in people's responses to the Wall Street b...

Wall Street Punishment: The Insatiable Urge To Find Accountability

New York Times | Benedict Carey | Posted 10.07.2008 | Business


The public urge for punishment that helped delay the passage of Washington's economic rescue plan is more than a simple case of Wall Street loathing, ...

Sex Differences in Revenge and the "Pit Bull with Lipstick" Meme, or Hath Hell No Fury Like a Woman Robbed?

Michael E. McCullough | Posted 09.21.2008 | Home


Michael E. McCullough

A lipstick-adorned pit bull who hunts big game and shoots wolves from an airplane. Unless you've been in a coma for the past month, you've probably n...

Presidential Pardon

Michael E. McCullough | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics


Michael E. McCullough

The ability to control revenge and broker forgiveness among groups in conflict is a crucial, though underappreciated, element of statecraft. We need a president who can rebuild our reserves of this resource.

Batman & Robin (1997): Why George Clooney is the Worst Batman

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 07.22.2008 | Entertainment


Erik Lundegaard

Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin pulls off a neat trick: it turns Batman into a joke without being funny at all.

The Second Injection

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.12.2007 | Politics


Deepak Chopra

This country's refusal to eliminate the death penalty belongs to a long tradition of ignoring judicial trends around the world, opposition to gun control is another glaring example.