Situational dynamics is a proven way to seduce  good people into doing bad things, a discovery that began as an experiment and was later documented in The Lucifer Effect, by Phillip Zimbardo in 2007.  The study upon which the book was based, and which will be dramatized this month a

Recently, President  Obama held a press conference where only women reporters were given an opportunity to field questions.  His conduct drew much speculation in the media, and the reason may have been a response to some released studies that show women tend to remain silent in foru

One of my favorite cartoonists, Jules Feiffer, has turned 85 and recently published his first graphic novel, Kill My Mother.  Because the book departs from his usual satirical expression and ventures into tragicomedy, an interviewer asked how the cartoonist arrived at his plot.  Fei

Aaron Swartz was a hacker. He committed suicide in January of this year at the age of 26. He killed himself because he feared he would be prosecuted and jailed for attempting to share medical information stored on the computers at the National Health Institute. The agency charges hand