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In Praise of Empathy: Why “Toxic Empathy” Won’t Last

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Oil slick on a parking lot. Photo by Dave Morgan (@davefilm) on Pexels (CC).

A subculture is emerging that claims empathy is “progressive,” “sinful,” and “parasitic.” What can aspiring helpers do to outlast the fad?

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Trust Among Americans Isn’t Over Yet

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Photo showing a person walking in a motion blur past a wall with art posters. Photo by Stefan Georgi. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, flickr.com/photos/onesevenone

Only 1 in 4 Americans now agree that most people can be trusted. What has caused the decline of trust and what can be done about it?

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“Learning to Trust Again” in Reader’s Digest

Copies of the June 2018 issue of Reader's Digest

Reader’s Digest asked me to write a feature on social trust for their June 2018 issue.

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