PSYHOLOGY: 18 Attributes of Liars

Bering in Mind: 18 Attributes of Highly Effective Liars

DEBT CEILING: What a total mess!

With no debt deal, Obama would face tough choices Aug. 3 about what bills to pay - The Washington Post

ROBOTICS: Problems with AI & Perception

In Robotics, Human-Style Perception and Motion Are Elusive - NYTimes.com

FORENSICS: 18 elements composing the effective liar

Good Liars 18 factors going into the development of the effective liar

UNEMPLOYMENT: Major slowing in hiring, with rate rising

Unemployment rose to 9.2 percent in June as US employers add only 18,000 jobs - The Washington Post

EMPLOYMENT: Recruitment - Gaming the System

Recruiting Software: 10 Ways Job Seekers Can Beat the System CIO.com

EDUCATION: Atlanta school cheating scandal

Systematic Cheating Is Found in Atlanta’s School System - NYTimes.com

EDUCATION: Atlanta school cheating scandal

Systematic Cheating Is Found in Atlanta’s School System - NYTimes.com

EVOLUTION: Fairness/Reciprocity heritable attributes?

Tendency Toward Egalitarianism May Have Helped Humans Survive - NYTimes.com

ECONOMY: Who loses when debt ceiling remains unchanged?

What failure to raise the debt ceiling will look like - Ezra Klein - The Washington Post

SCOTUS: Teaches "Big Guys," how to screw "Little Guys"

The Supreme Court shows corporate America how to screw over its customers and employees without breaking the law. - By Dahlia Lithwick - Slate Magazine

MATH: Modeling predicts terrorist attack frequency

Terrorists Get Better with Practice: New Mathematical Model Shows How Fatal Attacks Escalate Over Time: Scientific American

NEUROSCIENCE: The ghost in our brains

Can Neuroscience explain our obsession with the paranormal?

UNEMPLOYMENT: A Viable Jobs Plan

Payroll Tax Holiday Could Help Create Jobs - Economic View - NYTimes.com

BOOKS: Friendly psychopaths

Sympathetic Serial Killers - NYTimes.com

ROBOTICS: Carnegie-Mellon, leader in robot development

Carnegie Mellon institute in Pa. designs robots for households, military and industry - The Washington Post

MILITARY: Exponential growth of Drone technology

Microdrones, Some as Small as Bugs, Are Poised to Alter War - NYTimes.com

ECONOMY; Primary care model ends medical hyperinflation

The Most Important Organization In Silicon Valley That No One Has Heard About | LinkedIn

INTERNET: The growing war with Hackers

Deploying New Tools to Stop the Hackers - NYTimes.com

PRIVACY: Has 1984 been here since 1984?

The Week in Privacy (Just Between You and Me) - NYTimes.com