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...down somewhat; a review of his findings by University of California-Davis professor Alan Elms terms the study "Obedience Lite." The electric charges were purposefully subtler and the conditions less stressful. But the takeaway is no less disturbing: humanity's threshold for cruelty is, like everything else, situational. We seem wired to follow orders, even when they're harmful to others. In her chilling portrayal of Nazi middle-manager Adolf Eichmann, Hannah Arendt famously excoriated this impulse as "the banality of evil." Evil is way too strong a word for the conduct of this study's participants, but it seems...
...some observers that may seem like a less than stellar record. But for a certain kind of client who isn't willing to give up without a fight, Genson is the ideal advocate. "These clients are very sick, they're at death's door, and they're [looking] for someone - anyone - to save them," said Steve Rhodes, publisher of the online publication the Beachwood Reporter, who did an extensive profile of Genson for Chicago magazine in 2005. "Genson will try every last thing, and he's right for people who just decide that they're not going to give...
...seem to take serious, dark roles. Have you ever been offered a comedy? Rebecca Richardson BAR HARBOR, MAINE...
...this extraordinary ability to reach kids and their parents. People say he's like the Pied Piper because people just seem to follow him." - John Rogers, a longtime friend of Duncan's and funder of an inner-city mentoring program Duncan ran before going to work for the city, Chicago Tribune, June...
...office is able to move exams, the Administrative Board has the sole authority to decide individual exceptions for students. Clearly, it is a rarity to be excused. And so far, the process of excusing students from exams has been shrouded by a lack of clarity. Specifically, exemptions seem to have been given on arbitrary, unfair grounds. For example, a petition was “recently denied because a student had only a general ticket to the inauguration,” whereas “a petition was recently approved because a student and her family had been extensively involved...