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Are you a jerk? How do you know? Jerk self-knowledge is hard to come by, says Eric Schwitzgebel, a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Riverside.

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The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, broke the hearts of Americans across the nation. As the 50th anniversary of the death of one of America’s most charismatic leaders approaches, scholars at the University of California, Riverside are available to discuss the importance of charisma in politics, JFK’s popularity with American poets, and his continuing role as a source of inspiration for playwrights and the arts in general.

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When Ann Romney addressed the Republican National Convention she appealed to American women as mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters. But appealing to us as wives and mothers is how we got in trouble in the first place.

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When First Ladies or candidates' wives speak, they walk a fine line. Their first job is to humanize their candidate, who many voters only know through attack ads or debates. Their power comes from the personal.