Can't stop thinking about this Onion headline: "Poll Finds Most Americans Would Swap Democracy For $100 Best Buy Gift Card"

Other signs of his pathology are obvious, but his exaggerated dichotomous worldview - no nuance; everything is either "like nobody has ever seen before" or "the worst in history" - is empirically associated with narcissism, Machiavellianism, & psychopathy: is.gd/Dxgplj

In case anyone who cares about evidence doesn't already know this: A new study proves that the reason firearm deaths (notably suicide) are so much higher in the U.S. than in other countries is the prevalence of guns here, not more mental health problems: tinyurl.com/3cut42w4

Apparently the publisher of the audio version of my book Punished by Rewards is selling it for half its usual price until Oct. 11. And, no, that's not because they deleted every other word (although some of my magazine articles have been edited that way). audiobooks.com/promotions/pro…

Conservatives who dismissed Harris as an idiot can't admit they were wrong b/c that would show why DEI efforts are necessary: "Plainly competent people are often wrongly assumed to be stupid b/c they're not white men, & denied opportunities as a result": tinyurl.com/mpanc4zh

As a boy, the psychoanalyst Erich Fromm recalled, "whenever someone told me he was a businessman I always felt a little embarrassed. I'd think: God, he must feel awful having to admit that he's not doing anything else with his life except earning money."

The late James Moffett suggested this slogan for elite, selective schools: "Send us winners and we'll make winners out of them!"

A new, very large meta-analysis confirms the harmful effects across cultures of parental psychological control (use of guilt, threats, love withdrawal, conditional affection) as well as the benefits of supporting kids' autonomy: tinyurl.com/bdzmst6r

Adam Serwer, always worth reading, puts the Trump/Vance racist lies about Haitian immigrants in perspective: tinyurl.com/bdez3s3p

If you encounter a teacher or parent whose actions make you wince, perhaps you should say to yourself: "Wow, here's someone who has a lot to teach me...about how *not* to treat kids." From the archives: “The Value of Negative Learning": alfiekohn.org/article/value-…

One requirement of good parenting is that, when you're at the end of your rope, you must somehow produce more rope.

I propose an update of Aristophanes' “Lysistrata” in which the appalled spouses and lovers of those planning to vote for Trump make it clear what the domestic cost will be.

I don't know what thoughts drift into your brain at dawn, but I woke up this morning wondering when someone is going to publish a takedown of the hot-tub industry called "J'Accusi...!"