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Winning & the Entitlement Mentality

2023.05.29 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment

Too many people, particularly fans, have an ‘entitlement mentality’: they expect to win simply because they expect to win.

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Posted in: Odds & Ends Tagged: Football Mentality, Wisdom

Ridiculing Neo-Nazis

2017.08.28 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment

Ridiculing neo-Nazis and other extremists is a powerful tool, but one that can also backfire badly. It is imperative that we offer carrots with the sticks.

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Posted in: Knowledge, Politics Tagged: Anger Mongering, Football Mentality, Hammer Thinking, Partisan Politics, Tolerance, Trump, Wisdom

The Bookscrounger Returns

2017.06.05 by Bookscrounger 9 Comments
Monkey Reading a book in a tree.

I’m back, the Bookscrounger returns. Where I’ve been, and where we’re going.

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Posted in: Biology, Books, Education Tagged: Civilizing Evolution, Football Mentality, Small Evolution, Sociobiology, Teaching, Wisdom

The Gus Levy Syndrome

2016.04.29 by Bookscrounger 5 Comments

We are at a particularly contentious point in American politics.  In all of it, there is a lot of finger-pointing.  We blame the party bosses, the media, big money, lobbyists, extremists, and our own elected officials.  Oh, and partisan politics:  the worst bastards that every walked the Earth are our beloved fellow American sitting across … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Books, Politics Tagged: Football Mentality, Hammer Thinking, Liberal and Conservative, Partisan Politics

Mardi Gras Justice

2016.02.08 by Bookscrounger 2 Comments
Mardi Gras Mask

New Orleans Mardi Gras is a massive IED, always a half-Kelvin away from detonation. The policemen know that everyone in the crowd is in constant danger from a potential riot, and strict control has to be maintained.

So will normal police procedures work in such a situation? And do we really want to find out?

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Posted in: Knowledge, Politics Tagged: Football Mentality, Hammer Thinking, Liberal and Conservative

The Football Mentality

2016.02.05 by Bookscrounger 5 Comments

The football mentality in the political arena is not win-win, win-lose, but lose-lose; and when that problem affects education, we all lose.

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Posted in: Education, Politics Tagged: Football Mentality, Liberal and Conservative

Obamacare

2016.01.20 by Bookscrounger 15 Comments

The battle over Obamacare is a nonsensical partisan fight about socialized medicine, and neither side is focused on providing healthcare that works well.

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Posted in: Medicine, Politics Tagged: Football Mentality, Hammer Thinking, Liberal and Conservative

Thanksgiving Thoughts

2015.11.26 by Bookscrounger 12 Comments

Consider these Thanksgiving thoughts: beyond our one day to focus on our tremendous bounty, we too often forget to be grateful the rest of the year.

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Posted in: Politics Tagged: Anger Mongering, Football Mentality, Liberal and Conservative, Partisan Politics, Tolerance, Wisdom

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