Avi Tuschman's Blog

h/t Bill Murphy Jr.


INVICTA Challenge - Games About American Heroes & Leaders

INVICTA Challenge tells true stories about American heroes by combining video games, interactive graphic novels & collectible toys.

Iran Still Supports Terrorism, State Department Finds
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The country has been unwilling to moderate its foreign policy in the Middle East or bring Qaeda members to justice, an annual report released on Friday said.

h/t Michel Filippi


Physiological responses reveal our political affiliations
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New research from Aarhus University in Denmark shows that political partisanship is rooted in affective, physiological processes that cause partisans to to ...

Looking forward to speaking at the International Symposium on Society and Resource Management on Thursday in Charleston, SC, about attitudes toward climate change:


ISSRM 2015 Conference �� Charleston, South Carolina, USA �� Plenary Sessions
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This year���s ISSRM will include plenary sessions each day aligned with the four focus areas under the conference theme. Plenary sessions will be held at the historic Sottile Theatre each morning at 10:30 AM.

Lake sediment reveals political regime change impacts - BBC News
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Sediment gathered from a lake in Romania reveals the environmental change linked to changes in the political landscape, a study shows.

It���s Not Just About Bad Choices
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Bad choices compound poverty, but society contributes, too.

There���s a reason some people hate making eye contact
fusion.net
New research suggests that people who exhibit certain personality traits feel uncomfortable locking eyes with others.

MRIs for a More Peaceful World
spectrum.mit.edu
An MRI scanner is an unusual tool for resolving war and conflict, but an MIT collaboration now underway is deploying MRIs as an instrument f

An extremely interesting and novel analysis


Sacks: What Is Anti-Semitism? - Moment Magazine
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by Jonathan Sacks Anti-Semitism is the least creative thing you can think of and the most destructive. But in a sense, anti-Semitism survives because of a weird and dangerous kind of creativity. Let me explain why. It seems to me that if you actually ask, ���What is anti-Semitism? What do anti-Semites���

An Interesting article about the last two popes and their different politics


Is the Pope a communist? - BBC News
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Pope Francis's critique of free-market economics has made him an icon for the Left and prompted claims that he is a communist. Is he?