Tag - Jason Dias
You Know Those Tyrants Conservatives Kept Warning Us About? They’re Here …
Jason Dias: Why I Cry for Wonder Woman
Mr. Rogers Was Wrong: Don’t Look for the Helpers. Man Up and Be One
Too Creative To Live? Chris Cornell, Suicide and the Myth of the Suffering Artist
Calling Donald Trump A Bully Didn’t Work, And It Won’t Work with Your Kid’s Bully, Either
Jason Dias: If You Think All You’re Doing Is Wasting Time, Read This
The Belko Experiment: Why Your Principles Are Not Worth Dying For
Jason Dias: On Honeybees, Satanists and Climate Change Deniers
Jason Dias: Can I Teach My Kids American Values in a Country Without Any?
A Cure for Wellness: Where Venture Capital Meets Vampires [review]
Donald J. Trump Is Still President, So Why Protest? Why Bother?
Gaslighting: Liberals Do It, Too. There’s Just One Difference
Where Does Inspiration Come From? The Girl with Ghost Eyes [review]
Review: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Sets Feminism Back Light Years
Should We Blame Liberals for Trump-Loving Authoritarianism? Not So Fast
Jason Dias: Pain, Suffering and A Second Tattoo
Jason Dias: On Dreaming, Falling and Dying
Paramedia: A Psychologist Explains Why People Believe Fake News
Paramedia: We Need A Hero To Save Us From Fake News. Could It Be ICANN?
Paramedia: Post-Election, Five Fake News Stories Scammed Millions [part five]
Jason Dias: On Existentialism, Wormholes and How To Survive the Election
Mourning the Election? It’s Okay. Life Isn’t Always About Winning
Stop Blaming Third Party Voters for Trump’s Win. Blame This Instead …
Welcome to the Revolution: It’s Arab Spring, American-Style
Why Did So Many People Vote for Trump? Well, There’s This …
Paramedia: How Did Donald Trump Win Again? [part 3]
Dear Trump Supporters and Hillary Fans: You Are Both Guilty of This
On Atlas, Existentialism and How To Make The Most Important Choice of Your Life
Jason Dias: This Isn’t The America I Grew Up In
Jason Dias: Why Dexter Is An Existential Hero
On Nationalism vs Patriotism and The Politics of the Absurd
On Kaepernick, Patriotism and Sitting Out The National Anthem
Jason Dias: Why Sunday Night?
Jason Dias: You’re Trapped, But At Least You Can Go Out To Eat
Jason Dias: Why Rioters Destroy Their Own Neighborhoods
Jason Dias: Here’s Who Should Fill That Vacant Supreme Court Seat. Literally.
Yeah, I’m Autistic. And I Don’t Care What You Think of My Hat
Jason Dias: Nature vs Nurture vs Neither, Really
Jason Dias: Chicago, Chicago!
Jason Dias: Maybe The Luddites Had A Point?
Jason Dias: Hey, I’m A Vaccinated Autistic and I Came Out Okay
Jason Dias: Welcome To Your Powerball Nightmare. And Good Luck.
On Cliven Bundy Part II: Silly, Yes, but Scary, Too …
Jason Dias: Is Football Really All That Important? [review]
On The Albert Einstein IQ Issue: What If He Wasn’t All That Smart?
The Worst of Us by Jason Dias [novel excerpt]
Jason Dias: About Mizzou …
Courtney Farrell’s Bait: Another Post-Apocalypse Beckons [book review]
Jason Dias: You Think Ted Cruz Just Makes That Stuff Up?
Jason Dias: Colorado Springs Isn’t Colorado Springs Anymore
Jason Dias: And You Think This Is Democracy?
Jason Dias: I’ve Got A Bowl of 10,000 M&Ms …
Jason Dias: On Dating — For Bigots
Jason Dias: How Will You Die?
Don’t Ask Me, I’m Only A Journalist
Jason Dias: How Psychotherapy Resembles “Ghostbusters”
On Malcolm X And Martin Luther King Jr: Is Forgiveness Really Possible?
How To Write Diversity into Your Novels, Screenplays
If Brian Williams Misremembered, Then So Did Ben Carson!
Jason Dias: On Carl Whitaker And The Ferguson Effect
Jason Dias: On The Spirituality of Statistics. Yes, Statistics.
Jason Dias: On The Danger of Telling The Truth
Jason Dias: On Open Carry And Murder [commentary]
On Sex And Death: Is There A Connection?
Jason Dias: How To Avoid Being Either A Sophist or An Apologetic
Jason Dias: Is Your Food Too Cheap?
Exploitation? Why Will Wheaton Said No To HuffPo
Sinking Into Bloody Ground: Crimson Peak [review]
Jason Dias: Here’s The Real Reason Behind All These Shootings
What Is Libertarianism? Ask An Embarrassed Republican, Then Read This.
Jason Dias: How To Help Someone Who Just Wants to End It All
Why The Fembots in “Ex Machina” Must Seduce to Survive
Alice’s Adventures in Underland: The Queen of Stilled Hearts [review]
Stop Whining. If You Don’t Like Donald Trump, Do These Five Things Right Now
Jason Dias: Why The Rules of Grief Apply to Success
Jason Dias: Walmart America vs Yachting America Revealed
If Irvin Yalom Is A Gateway Drug, Then Brent Potter Is Pink Peruvian Flake [review]
For Once, A Choice for Small Business: The Democratic Lineup
Jason Dias: On The Tao of Sand Painting. Seriously
Jason Dias: On The Value of Whining
The New Enlightenment: We Are All Getting Smarter. Really.
Don’t Wish Away Mass Shootings: On Grits, Guns And God
Well, Duh: Of Course, Exxon Knew About Climate Change
Esteban And Kim Davis: A Tale of Fake Endorsements
No Exceptions: An Argument In Support of US Military Women in Combat
Jason Dias: I Pledge Allegiance To That Damned Flag …
Is The Amazon Kindle Ruining America?
Novelist Jason Dias’ Latest Fantasy Is Out: For Love of Their Children [excerpt]
Don’t Blame Martin Shkreli. We Made Him This Way.
Let’s Hear It for Divine Non-intervention! Your Free Will Depends on It
Jason Dias: This Is What A Fundamental Attribution Error Looks Like
American Ninja Warrior: What’s Wrong with This Picture?
Do You Feel Helpless? On Freedom, Responsibility And Death
Kim Davis, Please: Freedom of Religion Requires Freedom from Religion
Structural Violence: Straight Outta Compton review
Jason Dias: Sure, I Love America, But That Selfish Clerk in Kentucky Does Zero for Me
Dear Climate Change Deniers: Why Your Opinions No Longer Matter
Is Ben Carson Right? On Abortion Rights And The War on Women [analysis]
Goodbye, Oliver Sacks: Last of The Celebrity Scientists
Jason Dias: How To Accept Death
I Don’t Care if You ARE Xena The Warrior Princess, You’re Still Kinda Dumb
Deathwatch: On The Coming End Of The Giant Sequoias
Jason Dias: Are Autistics More Creative? Evidence Suggests Yes
On Equine-Assisted Therapy: Off The Ground, Still Grounded
Jason Dias: What Does Sadness Weigh?
Empathy vs Compassion: Which One Rules You?
If I Get Out of My Head, Where Will I Go? [advice]
Is Success Worth It? Nope. That’s Why I’m Glad I Failed
What Writing And Launching Satellites Have in Common
On Writing: How To Use Gender Neutral Language, Literally
How To Suffer, How To Die: Here’s How To Decide
Jason Dias: If You’re in Ferguson Protesting Right Now, Thank You
How Republicans And Democrats Think: And Who’s Right?
If You Want Proof That Fox Doesn’t Suck That Bad, Read This.
Why The B1 Bomber Should Still Scare The Crap Out Of You
On The Physics of Superman: Why Most Superhero Movies Suck
FAIL! Here’s What To Do After You Fail — At Anything
Ron Paul Says Buy Gold. Don’t. Buy This, Instead …
Why Walmart Conspiracy Theories Aren’t Totally Nuts
Ignore Gladwell And The Karate Kid: Here’s How to Really Make It Big
Kobayashi Maru: What Will The Boy Scouts Do Now?
Afraid to Die? Got 50K? 15 Ways to Leave A Legacy
Major Life Change? On Doing What Moves You
Jason Dias: On PTSD and The Existential Implications of The Walking Dead
Are You Authentic? Congruent? Or Just An Authentic Ass Hat?
Jason Dias: What The Confederate Flag Means To Me
The Worst Generation? Maybe, But Our Children Are Better than Us
Jason Dias: What Is Sadness For?
How Many Times Have You Been Arrested For Smarting Off To A Cop?
Jason Dias: Whatever Happened to Childhood?
Online Ratings: Hey, I’m A College Prof. I’m Not McDonalds
Is The President Allowed to Salute? Nope. And Here’s Why.
And Here’s A Problem You Can Only Fix By Going To Jail
If Your Life Feels Empty, This May Be Why
Man Vs. Man: On Auschwitz, Tuskegee and Guantanemo
Star Wars: On Luke Skywalker’s Hand, Crossguard Lightsabers and You
The APA Is Dead: And Not Just Because Of APA Ethics Violations
The McDonalds Minion Toy Isn’t Cursing: You Just Have A Dirty Mind
Jason Dias: On Losing The Savant Abilities Autism Gave Me
A 1940s Ball: Is Nostalgia the Same As Happiness? Maybe
Jason Dias: The Consolation Prizes of Autism
Should I Buy My Friend Some Weed? Yes, If …
Let Them Drink Zin: The Rich, The Right And The California Water Crisis
Is This Journalism? And What Am I?
Do Scared People Vote Republican?
All Beef and No Pickle: Magic Mike XXL Review
Logic Lab: Climate Change, White Fragility And An Argument to Consequence
Chris Rock Thinks You’re A Wussy: Are You?
Self Immolation: Would You Set Yourself on Fire to Protest Anything? Really? Well, Don’t.
Why Do You Care about Anything? Really. Why?
On Michael Wood, Jr., Riots and Resistance in America
Jason Dias: Is Porn Good for You? [analysis]
Jason Dias: On Men’s Rights, Racism And Revenge
Dixie Democrats, Republicans And The New KKK
What If You Only Had To Paint Naked Women?
How To Debate An Intellectual Skinhead
Open Carry: If You Can Read This, You’re in Range
Why We Suffer From The Delusion of Racism
Don’t Blame America. Blame The American Dream.
Why It’s Time To Revisit The Turing Test
So You Think You Can Dance. But What Do You Live For?
Appropriation: How Rachel Dolezal Became The New Black
On The End of The Iowa Straw Poll, Twitter And You
Maximum Security Escape: How Felons Groom Accomplices
Don’t F#&k Around With Nature: Jurassic World review
Suffering, Redemption And “The Six Million Dollar Man”
Partisan Politics, Rudeness And The Unavoidable
Facebook: You’re Doing It Wrong
Blame The Unions, Blame The Workers
Jason Dias: Hell, Yeah, I’d Wear A Burqa
The Trouble with Carly
For Profit Schools: Are You Paying 80K For A Fake Degree?
Jason Dias: How To Write Strong Female Characters Now
Jason Dias: Suffering Is Optional, But I Highly Recommend It
Volcano, San Andreas, 2012: Why Disaster Movies Suck
Mad Max Review: 5 Surprising Things That Survived The Apocalypse
The Price of Ambiguity: How Not to Fear Dying
Why Work Hard? On Facing The Myth of Work-Life Balance
The View from Inside A Psych Hospital: When Tension Builds
A Week without Racism
When Sentience Means Suicide: Her Electric Dreams
Ex Machina: Your Hot, Fake Naked Woman Will See You Now
You Watch Too Many Sandra Bullock Movies, Bro
On YouTube Candidacy And The 2016 Presidential Clown Car
Jason Dias: Why I Am A Pacifist
What Are Police for, Really?
So You Want to Be A Writer? Cool. Here’s How to Write
Why is Walter Scott Dead? Because We’re Cowards, All of Us
Indiana Religious Freedom: The Art of Catering A Gay Wedding
Listen, Neurotypical: You Need to Stop Calling Us Aspis
On PTSD: Existential Implications of the Walking Dead
Jason Dias: On Racism, Reality and the Outrage of False Equivalence
Too Crazy to Fly? On the Real Meaning of Crazy, Insane — and Evil
Read This Before All Your Brain Cells Are Gone (And They’re Going Fast!)
Do You Want to See Me Punished?
Sad But True: Here’s How to Get Hired for Anything (Really!)
This Woman Wants You to Look at Her Chest
The Flynn Effect: It’s Why All Your Favorite Films All Suck Now
