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Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web In Search of Troy My daughter Annie is Athena in her middle school production of The Odyssey. All students of antiquity will find this very interesting. Tim Urban on Pluralistic Ignorance The need to belong is often stronger than the need to express a particular belief. This

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Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web TEAM HIGHLIGHTCan I Afford to Take a Sabbatical?A great article on the EP Blog by our very own Carrie Sax. We all want to take a sabbatical, but the question is… “Can I afford to take a sabbatical?” Read it and find out. 9 Reasons Why Active

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Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Heuristics That Almost Always Work The most dangerous mental shortcuts are the ones that work ALMOST all of the time. Let Your Kids Be Bad at Things Why is it so hard to just let them do their thing, warts and all? My therapist often asks the

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Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Black History Month History.com does a good job with the origins and history of Black History Month as well as the photography and links to more about black history. Reasons to be Cheerful Before we get further into the heavier items, just remember: When the daily slog

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