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Republicans mock their opponents for replacing Senator Robert Torricelli with former Senator Frank Lautenberg after Torricelli withdrew because of ethics questions. The ad shows a frustrated schoolboy asking his teacher: "If I fail this test, can I have Frank Lautenberg take...
Notice, on top of all those I's, all those my's. There were indeed times in Torricelli's farewell soliloquy when the entire world seemed merely an extension of his own benevolence: "Somewhere today in one of several hospitals in New Jersey, some woman's life is going to be changed because of the mammography centers I've created for thousands of women," Torricelli croaked. "Somewhere all over New Jersey some senior citizen who doesn't even know my name lives in a senior center that I helped build ... That's my life. Don't feel badly...
Well, guess what? Self-esteem isn't all that it's cracked up to be. In fact, as a brief recounting of Bob Torricelli's career would usefully illustrate, it can be a huge part of the problem. New research has found that self-esteem can be just as high among D students, drunk drivers and former Presidents from Arkansas as it is among Nobel laureates, nuns and New York City fire fighters. In fact, according to research performed by Brad Bushman of Iowa State University and Roy Baumeister of Case Western Reserve University, people with high self-esteem...
...being able to absorb difficult criticism is surely worth the effort. It could lead to all sorts of strange occurrences: kids working harder, adults exercising self-control, thieves experiencing--yes--guilt, even grownup politicians taking full and painful responsibility for their actions and words. It's a pity that Torricelli still doesn't get it. But it's a deeply hopeful sign that the voters of New Jersey...
...Bill Clinton often worried about how he would "make myself useful" when he left office. Lately he has shown how. He was there last month to give Andrew Cuomo a nudge out of the New York Governor's race. And it was his go-ahead that NewJersey Senator Robert Torricelli sought last week when scandal forced him to quit his reelection bid. "If he's on the phone," says a Democratic strategist, with alaugh, "you probably don't want to take the call. He's the Tony Soprano of tristate politics." Or at least the go-to guy for most...