INSIGHT – SOUL CAMP FOR FUN, THE MIND/BODY & S’MORES INCLUDED, – CORRUPT NJ OFFICIALS CLAMP DOWN ON CORRUPT NJ OFFICIALS AND GRATEFUL FOR 40 YEARS OF THE DEAD – 05.12.17

Come and get your soul on!!!  Soul camp is where campers leave their worries and iPhones behind for workshops, classes and seminars that nourish their bodies, minds and spirits – and some yummy food!  Soul Camp Co-founders and childhood camp buddies, Ali Leipzig and Michelle Goldblum join Mark for an insightful and funny conversation on their concept that has adults …

Incentive malus

IN 1962 Jacob Cohen, a psychologist at New York University, reported an alarming finding. He had analysed 70 articles published in the Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology and calculated their statistical “power” (a mathematical estimate of the probability that an experiment would detect a real effect). He reckoned most of the studies he looked at would actually have detected the effects their authors …

‘Epic Fail’: Feminism and Ecological Crises

We humans are an epic fail. In internet-speak, that term can be used derisively or sympathetically. A failure of grand proportions can be labeled “epic” either to mock or to offer condolences to someone who fails so completely. However, given the speed at which pop-culture fads come and go, I’m told by younger informants that the term is already long …