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The film industry has messed with our relationship perceptions, would you agree? We are constantly expecting to have the perfect, fairy tale relationship - like Hollywood ruined real life relationships didn’t it? We expect to have Chuck and Blair or Allie and Noah love story. But nothing is further from that truth. We love to imagine that you will traditionally fall in love or that you’ll randomly meet your perfect “other half” in the back of a limo. Sure enough, you will encounter your peak and low moments, but in essence you dream of finding that special soul mate you...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – While many studies have examined cheating among college students, new research looks at the issue from a different perspective – identifying students who are least likely to cheat. The study of students at one Ohio university found that students who scored high on measures of courage, empathy and honesty were less likely than others to report their cheating in the past – or intending to cheat in the future Moreover, those students who reported less cheating were also less likely to believe that their fellow students regularly committed academic dishonesty. People who don’t cheat “have a more...

BUSH'S MORAL COURAGE By Lt. Col. Gordon Cucullu FrontPageMagazine.com | September 3, 2004 A young military officer learns that courage comes in many forms. For example, airborne training requires that one develop the bravery needed to step out of an open aircraft door, often at night, sometimes with people shooting at you. Rangers, SEALs and Special Forces are required to develop another form of physical courage--the courage of endurance under prolonged physical and mental stress. Candidates are ground down by the discomfort of short rations, lack of sleep, intense physical challenges and demands on their leadership abilities. This is the...

I have been listening to the Martha Stewart stories over the last couple of days, and there seems to be a lot of glee out there over her being indictment, both from liberal and conservative commentators. I am not one of those PC people who believes Martha Stewart is being persecuted because she is a woman or a celebrity. I am sure that if female celebrities with messed up lives, like Rosie O'Donnell, Roseanne Barr, or Ellen Degeneres, were in similar trouble, they would get much more sympathy than Martha is getting. Why do you think tabloids like the National...