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Obama: excuses rather than responsibility for his failed policies

"I'm not gonna make any excuses." -- Barack ObamaThe good folks at the RNC have released a video highlighting President Obama's...
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"There are more important things to worry about"

A few days ago, I asked my twitter (@abvegan) friends their thoughtson the saying "There are more important things to worry about"...
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Are you making New Year's excuses?

"Excuses are lies we tell ourselves to avoid dealing with unpleasant truths. But as long as we buy into those excuses, we can never move past...
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Parents' Dirty Little Secrets: Using your kids as RSVP scapegoats

"Sorry, we will not be able to make it to your cheese fondue party. Nicholas has a fever. Maybe next time."Using your child's illness, or...
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Stop avoiding the benefits of exercise

Many people dread exercise and have a personal list of excuses to avoid it. And we all believe our excuses are valid. We easily fool ourselves. But...
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Emotional hemophelia: Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder

I don’t know how many times I’ve heard a psych nurse say, “Oh man, we're getting another borderline.” To the layperson,...
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Mental illness: Excuse and crime

There’s a dispute nearly a century old against and within the mental health community: Is a crime excusable because of mental illness? The...
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