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People penalized for violating a group’s shared rules could go on to disrupt its functioning, out of revenge. Two scholars suggest a way of imposing rules.

Attitudes towards immigrants have become a crucial topic in policy and politics. This column uses tools from network science to identify and compare determinants of attitudes toward immigrants from a global perspective. It finds that prejudice is a common determinant of negative attitudes across all regions, especially towards people of another race. Furthermore, individuals

When researchers look at CCTV footage of how people really react during earthquakes – as opposed to what they report after the fact – it looks like alerts aren’t yet inspiring protective action.

President of the united states. >> but hes very impetuous and latest is often the greatest. so hes very susceptible to who hes just talked with. he has, as time has gone on, gotten rid of a lot of the guardrails around him. >> you say that on several occasions, president obama reprimanded me for comments he thought were dogmatic or sanctimonious. weve all read your book, samantha. i looked down chastened, but 15 minutes later, he said, lets get back to the point sam made earlier. what is that li...

>> one of the things you write, you say that, on several occasions, president obama reprimanded me for comments he thought were dogmatic or sanctimonious. weve all read your book, samantha, he snapped in one sihastened. but 15 minutes later, he said, lets get back to the point sam made earlier. what is that like? i mean ive had one or two experiences where president obama seemed annoyed at a question i asked. its not a pleasant feeling anytime a president gets annoyed at you, but weve all read y...

Like the female brain but its the male, they are developing. their personalities arent even formed. these males develop a fascination with violence and guns and it becomes intertwined. its a period of time where most traditional males, just normal males become really interested in things outside the family. other than their family theyre included by group behavior and wanting to be part of a group. for the white males, they are blaming other people for their lot in life. theyre also developing n...

Incident which he apologized last year. it was obviously he was not encouraging supporters to engage in attacks and not one person harassed reporters that were present. to ricks point you dont have to defend everything that the president says. you dont have to justify it or try to contort yourself to explain it. and yet even decent, good lawmakers like steve scalise seem to want to do that for him. >> yeah, i this i in some ways, you know, this is one of the rare cases silence would have been be...

Theres not a lot of sympathy for those at the bottom. both sides make arguments about fairness. we heard mitt romney about its immoral to spend more than we take in. thats the equity thing. neither side is doing a good job of appealing to the american concerns for not just equity but equality of opportunity. thats one that i think romney has been weak on. >> professor, it may or may not please you to know that i wrote my religious thesis for my masters at nyu on comparing group behavior amongst ...