http://www.culvercitynews.org/character-counts/ Culver City News Press en-us Tue, 22 May 2012 02:58:PM PDT Tue, 22 May 2012 02:58:PM PDT Community Media CP francote@communitymediaus.com francote@communitymediaus.com 5 http://www.culvercitynews.org/character-counts/the-empathy-deficit/ At the annual meeting for the Association for Psychological Science last month, researchers from the University of Michigan presented their findings that college students today are less empathetic than college students 30 years ago. The steepest decl [..] Thu, 08 Jul 2010 3:18:40 PDT http://www.culvercitynews.org/character-counts/when-you-re-in-a-hole-stop-digging/ Most of us at one time have lied to get out of trouble. From childhood denials (“It wasn’t me”) to adult fabrications (“The check’s in the mail”), what seem like harmless falsehoods easily fall off our tongues. [..] Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:12:00 PST http://www.culvercitynews.org/character-counts/the-struggle-between-wants-and-shoulds/ As a full-time ethicist - can you believe there even is such a thing? - I spend most of my time talking about right and wrong with parents and politicians, kids and corporate managers, journalists and generals. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 2:44:00 PDT http://www.culvercitynews.org/character-counts/will-anyone-learn-a-lesson-from-this/ A very windy political campaign was, for a while, put in the background by hurricanes Gustav and Ike. The much maligned media deserves to be commended for its reportage, especially the 24-hour coverage by CNN and MSNBC. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 2:41:00 PDT http://www.culvercitynews.org/character-counts/make-it-a-practice/ Anything you do on a regular basis, any kind of habit or pattern, affects you on every level. Take any of these and make them a regular practice Fri, 19 Jun 2009 3:55:00 PDT http://www.culvercitynews.org/character-counts/how-to-feel-better/ Sometimes it’s hard not to feel overwhelmed by bad news. If you look at the television, turn on the radio or connect with the internet, it comes at you like a bad smell. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 1:12:00 PDT http://www.culvercitynews.org/character-counts/the-cookie-thief/ There’s a nice poem circulating on the Internet about a woman who bought some cookies and a book at an airport Mon, 16 Mar 2009 1:02:00 PDT http://www.culvercitynews.org/character-counts/being-basically-honest/ After a workshop, a fellow complained to me that I’d made him feel uncomfortable. “I’m not perfect,” he said, “but I’m basically honest.” Mon, 16 Mar 2009 1:00:00 PDT