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Video games help kids learn, experts say

Parents, don't put away those video games just yet -- today's gamer may be tomorrow's top surgeon.

Let's not fight!

For the sake of argument, imagine a world without conflict. That's the full-time job for members of a relatively new field called peace psychology who focus on problems like the genocide in Darfur, hatred in the Middle East, gang warfare in our cities, and rape everywhere.

Time.com: Psychologists Review Gay Counseling

The American Psychological Association is embarking on the first review of its 10-year-old policy on counseling gays and lesbians, a step that gay-rights activists hope will end with a denunciation of any attempt by therapists to change sexual orientation

Fresh ways to decompress: Stress busters that really work

I have close, meaningful relationships with espresso brownies, cold beer, and reruns of "The West Wing." Until recently, it hadn't occurred to me that these paramours are, in fact, three of the major players in my stress-management strategy. Hey, I wasn't even aware I had a stress-management strategy.

Stress? It's everywhere

If finding the right amount of time for work, family and fun in your life turns into more of a juggling act than a balancing act, you're not alone.

Fortune: What's wrong with dressing sexy at work?

Dear Annie: Please settle an argument. My daughter is bright, articulate, and ambitious. She is 26 and has worked her way up from an administrative-assistant job to loan officer at a large bank in Miami, and I really believe (okay, maybe I'm biased) that her talents and excellent people skills could take her all the way to the top. Just one problem: She dresses like a streetwalker. I have told her that wearing spike heels, ultra-short skirts, and low-cut blouses to the office will hurt her chances for advancement, but she says this is her style and she is sticking with it. Do you agree that she's making a mistake? If so, will you say so in your column? Maybe she'll listen to you. -Dade County Dad

Fortune: Swats unlimited, a personnel department veteran speaks out, Carnegieism, and other matters. ONLY IN AMERICA (Cont'd)

Instead of paying up, some late filers are taking their psychiatrists along with their lawyers to explain a new malady to the IRS: the ''failure-to-file syndrome.'' The purported syndrome has emerg...

Fortune: Hood rights, what dreams are about in Ann Arbor, Tom Hayden goes for the green, and other matters. FANTASYLAND

Back when your correspondent was a callow collegian, the campuses were not crawling with professional sex researchers. In 1942, nobody was so rude as to inquire of Rutgers freshmen whether they spe...

Fortune: The price of ogling, Marxism-Leninism-Caponeism, rethinking the Golden Rule, and other matters. A TARNISHED GOLDEN RULE

Your correspondent recently had a choice between a weekend in which he could (a) defy the dermatologist and loll on the white beaches of North Carolina's Outer Banks or (b) defy common sense and vi...

Fortune: Whales With Ulcers, 43 Years of Misery, The Only Way to Travel, and Other Matters. Animal Crackers

We keep an eye out for such locutions, yet had not previously tripped over the word ''speciesism.'' But there it was a few weeks ago in the New Republic, whose correspondent was reporting on effort...

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