| 单词 | rationalization |
| 例句 | From them, you get a peek into what’s in the hearts of the grown-ups, buried under all the emotions and rationalizations that come with adult concerns. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z I wanted to learn to write, which was ultimately, still, as my mother had taught me, a confrontation with my own innocence, my own rationalizations. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Maybe it’s just really crowded there,” Garrett says, doing his own rationalizations. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The arguments and rationalizations that have been trotted out in support of racial exclusion and discrimination in its various forms have changed and evolved, but the outcome has remained largely the same. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z We were happy to extend the rationalization, even as he was visibly declining. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Thus the growing process of intellectualization and rationalization does not imply a growing understanding of the conditions under which we live. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Tyler talked for a long time, moving through the events quickly but lingering in a wasteland of rationalization and self-recrimination. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The chaplain had mastered, in a moment of divine intuition, the handy technique of protective rationalization, and he was exhilarated by his discovery. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z To the extent this represented a quantitative judgment, it was certainly true; yet in qualitative terms, it may be viewed as a desperate rationalization of a foregone conclusion. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The rationalization goes like this: I knew the rules going in, and it’s not fair to change them midstream. 2010-02-13T03:57:00Z They will not be swayed by facts, finding all manner of rationalizations to ignore the overwhelming evidence. 'Cosmos' recap: Climate change is explained in 'The World Set Free' 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z It caught me in a cycle of desire, guilt and rationalization, which continued through my wedding. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A marriage mess created by one wrong after another 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z A process of justification and rationalization and remembering ensues. The Unsaid: The Silence of Virginia Woolf 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z We don’t know; he’s tried before, then gone shopping for rationalizations to back out. In the ‘Barry’ Finale, Hollywood Gets Away with Murder 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Through his months of filming on the Penn State campus, Bar-Lev discovers uncomfortable cultural truths in the various explanations and rationalizations. With Paterno-Sandusky doc 'Happy Valley,' unsettling cultural questions 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Director Stephanie E. Coltrin hits the right emotional notes in this charged dialectic, which deftly pivots when Arnold poses the one question that cuts through all the rationalizations and excuses. When facing evil, does silence become complicity? 'Taking Sides' makes the question newly relevant 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z “Awareness” is a self-serving, largely meaningless term, a rationalization for petty, demeaning stunts. Surprise, PETA! Sex doesn’t sell 2013-12-20T15:54:00Z Or is it a rationalization born of my sudden vulnerability, of the reality that I need others in ways I haven’t since I was a small child? Waking up almost blind 2013-05-28T11:45:00Z “Field seems to be aiming higher than that. Throughout ‘In Pieces,’ she assesses herself with a clear and critical eye, often revealing unappealing parts of herself … with minimal rationalization, sentiment or self-pity.” 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z I think you can get a very nuanced portrait of the society in images, because they talk about emotions beyond rationalization. Rising design star: Naz Sahin 2012-05-17T21:42:00Z Other Shawn scripts receiving wide attention, in Seattle and elsewhere: "Aunt Dan and Lemon," a study of a cultured, seemingly caring woman, who gradually reveals her horrifying rationalizations for fascism and other evils. Playwright-essayist Wallace Shawn ponders plays, politics at Town Hall 2011-01-19T23:18:09Z These are the four main rationalization strategies that omnivores use to defend their dietary choices. The rise of the flexitarian diet: Is a social omnivore diet the way of the future? 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z And she herself is the best answer to his self-pitying rationalizations. ‘Better Call Saul’ Is Great TV. Well, Part of It Is. 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z It’s a claustrophobic place to be, as we find ourselves trapped inside Beard’s filthy London flat and, worse, inside his piggy mind, which is constantly manufacturing rationalizations for his increasingly outrageous behavior. Books of The Times: Ian McEwan?s ?Solar? Features a Boorish Physicist 2010-03-29T21:45:00Z My mind sprung through all the rationalizations to justify my discomfort: I don't know if she's old enough! Arya Stark is an adult woman: "Game of Thrones" sex shock is rooted in hypocritical purity culture 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z And he finds someone whose rationalizations are much like his own. Breaking Bad Watch: Train in Vain 2012-08-13T12:00:32Z Do criminals find sociological rationalizations for their heists? ‘Plastic’ Stars Ed Speleers as Part of a Ring of Thieves 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z No single selection is altogether surprising, though as an ensemble they piece together a rationalization for Gehry’s multifaceted postmodern spirit. Frank Gehry's Shelf at Louis Vuitton's London Flagship 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z But the Stuyvesant students made headlines, and so it's their words that reflect that rationalization. Motherlode Blog: Why Some Students Believe They Have to Cheat (and How to Teach Them Not to) 2012-10-03T20:31:12Z “But this rationalization is less important than the poetic manner in which the tale is told.” Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Author of Eerie Children’s Tales, Dies at 87 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Sinon’s rationalization: No one would sue him or press charges because they would “look stupid twice” by taking him to court over mild personal embarrassment, if any. How an email prankster punked a series of White House marks 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Much of the utopian rhetoric, she says, is merely post hoc rationalization. "Hurt Locker's" illegal downloading wars 2010-06-03T21:20:00Z Or at least that’s what I told myself as rationalization for how ridiculously sappy I was being. The Gaslight Anthem's Handwritten Is About You 2012-07-26T17:12:21Z As with Alicent, there are a boatload of rationalizations for this resignation. Alicent Hightower of "House of the Dragon" is the Karen of Westeros 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z He will usually have some sort of rationalization ready at hand — he is not the psychopath who rejects moral concepts altogether — but the rationalizations are becoming ever thinner, ever more difficult to identify. How Fox News created a new culture of idiots 2012-10-28T12:00:00Z Third, many humblebraggers take solace in a rationalization that runs roughly, “I’m not throwing away my afternoon on the Internet, I’m waging a jihad of quirky auto-branding.” Circa Now: Bah, Humblebrag: The (Unfortunate) Rise of False Humility 2012-11-30T20:49:55Z Always with the rationalization that he was a decent man, that he would not harm the truly innocent, that he would never willingly endanger a child. Breaking Bad Watch: The One Who Knocks 2011-10-10T16:00:00Z Many of his explanations for why beards cropped up in one particular time and place seem like after-the-fact rationalizations, akin to those offered by analysts to explain daily movements of the stock market. ‘Of Beards and Men’ review: The hairy truth about shaving through the ages 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Henderson sees such rationalization as betraying a deeper problem within the organization. Can the Chicago River be saved? 2013-02-24T15:00:00Z But I’d always seen “sex addiction” as a lame rationalization for men’s inability to keep it in their pants. My boyfriend, the sex addict 2013-06-10T00:00:00Z An emblem of the lover or the mother left behind, she is the generic movie woman of war who embodies the prize that must be protected, which also makes her a rationalization for the fight. ‘Beanpole’ Review: The War Has Ended. Their Fight Is Endless. 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z “Then I suddenly realized my ideas and thoughts and rationalizations were nonsense, and I just decided to go with my intuition.” Party Like It’s 1959 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Narrator Alex McKenna’s voice could be Turtle’s: young, slightly husky and reflective of the mess of love, self-flagellation and rationalization that makes up this girl’s inner life. ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’ is one of the best new audiobooks of the month 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Sometimes abusers will use the victims’ rationalizations to their advantage. Why Women Stay: The Paradox of Abusive Relationships 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z My theory: The fear and fascination with deadly animals is from a mix of guilt and rationalization. Why we're fascinated by animal attacks 2010-08-18T11:01:00Z “I guess I played a rationalization game with myself that the fan interest I was generating outweighed the cost to the institution,” he said. Web Page About the Met Closes at Opera?s Request 2011-08-17T22:15:27Z The characters employed to illustrate this point — a group of outcasts and also-rans who hide their heads in whiskey bottles and carefully tended rationalizations — are, as drunks often tend to be, an unbearably garrulous lot. Review: In an Energized ‘Iceman,’ the Drinks are on Denzel 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Knowing my grandparents' rationalization for supporting a figure like Trump challenges me to engage the nuances of my Vietnamese community and heritage. Living with the legacy of my Trump-voting Vietnamese relatives 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z The main rationalization being that they have hardly any brain function so it's not like "actually eating an animal." Why do some vegans eat oysters? 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z But as those tasks are completed, mission creep sets in; he finds rationalizations to kill even the innocent, collecting new parts to replace the rotting old ones. New & Noteworthy 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z It’s a cruel, mercenary strategy, but the movie is selling uplift, not a lesson in 21st-century rapacious capitalism, so their duplicity is delivered with sniffles, smiles and hollow rationalizations. Review: Lots of Plastic in the Face of ‘Collateral Beauty’ 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z In my experience, this cocktail often leads to angry denials and absurd rationalization. Thanks for the Piece of Plastic? 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z By any parent's rationalization, that's a failing grade for a classy comedy. Box Office: A Muted Start for X-Men's Baby Mutants 2011-06-05T14:50:00Z At every step of Lindberghism’s nefarious creep into the country’s culture, the antisemitic rhetoric gets filtered and sanitized through rationalization and doubletalk. 'It can't happen here': the horrifying power of The Plot Against America 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z In a series of chapters centered on different individuals who are part of this rarefied class, Giridharadas exposes the rationalizations of the 0.001 percent who actually believe they are making the world a better place. Meet the ‘Change Agents’ Who Are Enabling Inequality 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z There are no life lessons, no rationalizations of the bigotry and violence that exist in a diaspora so ravaged by white colonialism. ‘Too African for Jamaica, Too Jamaican for America, Too American for Nigeria’ 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z It’s the old antihero rationalization taken to its logical, demonic extreme. Breaking Good: How Fargo Changed Cable's Antihero Game 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z This dubious socio-economic rationalization evaporates the moment the four, guns firing wildly, rob a bank to finance the kidnapping. Review: ‘Kidnapping Mr. Heineken’ Revisits a 1983 Dutch Crime 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The staging is lean and hungry, and, for the most part, it effectively frames Shakespeare’s persuasive speeches and murderous rationalizations. The assassins are back in Folger’s spooky ‘Caesar’ Within this monologue, one gleans the rationalization that exists for turning to the Dark Side. The Force, explained and what its patterns could mean for "Rise of Skywalker" 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z It’s a reminder that, in the face of this wave of rationalization brought on by the Internet, we’re still capable of appreciating the chaos. Riff: Lady Mondegreen and the Miracle of Misheard Song Lyrics 2012-07-13T18:54:28Z And, for nearly 10 years without fail, I met every crisis of conscience with a satisfactory rationalization, no matter how deeply the crisis cut. “The pigs were glowing deep gold”: The amazing experience that ended my life as a pig farmer 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Like many rationalizations in life — all, essentially, variations on the dog-ate-my-homework plea from childhood — these are little lies we tell ourselves to justify our behavior. How to brew better coffee at home (and save money) in 5 easy steps 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z I never intended to disclose my actual medical records or details about my private and personal medical history, thus the rationalization of presenting documents that weren’t true simply for a ‘storyline’ for the show.” Brooks Ayers’ disgusting cancer lie: Even for a “Real Housewives” arc, this drama didn’t add up 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z It’s advice, rationalization, a way to move on: “Sometimes giving up is the strong thing,” she sings. Taylor Swift’s Ode to Moving On, and 9 More New Songs 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z And then there’s this gem on male rationalization for dating younger women. 5 Smart Comedy Specials From Veteran Standups 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z These speeches are called “Confessions,” but they are more like rationalizations, shaped to place as much distance as possible between themselves and Hester. Review: ‘In the Blood’ and the Singular Talent of Suzan-Lori Parks 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z His thinned-out and shifting rationalizations won’t necessarily settle into any particular sustained moral perspective that we can confidently identify and challenge as wrong. How Fox News created a new culture of idiots 2012-10-28T12:00:00Z I use the purported health benefits of high-quality chocolate as part of my elaborate rationalization for spending a little more for my near-daily fix. Taste the decadent, dark chocolate and strawberry pie my dad describes as a keeper 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z You need either to “game this out” sober next time or see your rationalizations for what they are. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Fears that a second kid would ruin their perfect life 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z “If other opera companies can find some equivocation or rationalization,” he added, “that’s their problem.” The Netrebko Question 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z It’s emotional torment to sit through the good moods, knowing a fight is around the corner, and then fight, and then get smothered by their rationalizations and bizarre interpretations and revisions. I overheard chilling abuse 2012-06-29T00:00:00Z She keeps building up chipper towers of rationalization only to see them crumble. Review: ‘All the Ways to Say I Love You,’ a Lesson in Guilt 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Almost as infuriating as what “Survivor” did, or didn’t do, have been its rationalizations. How ‘Survivor’ Failed Its #MeToo Test 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Yet he doth protest too much that his attraction to Una was a one-time aberration — that he’s “not like that” — a rationalization that flies in the face of the statistically high recidivism among sex offenders. In 'Blackbird,' the wreckage of childhood abuse, laid out on the table 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z The play mostly succeeds as a pungent examination of the human capacity for untrammeled rationalization. 'Dirty' takes on the slippery slope of compromise 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Amid so much tortured rationalization, the most obvious conclusion to draw from “So Help Me God” is that Pence continues to have political — perhaps presidential — ambitions and so finds himself in bit of a pickle. Loyal to God and Trump, Mike Pence Defends His Record 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z But they aren’t much of a match for the rationalization, self-deception, fatigue and slippery ethics that Mr. Ariely links to the lying game. Books of The Times: ‘The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty’ by Dan Ariely 2012-06-28T19:44:45Z “It’s the mathematicization of the body, the standardization of the body, the rationalization of the body.” Le Corbusier’s Architecture and His Politics Are Revisited 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Instead of plot, the bulk of the narrative is devoted to Berie’s internal debates, observations and rationalizations, told in gem-cut sentences that kept me reading. ‘The Ash Family’ Is a Debut Novel for Our Climate-Anxious Age 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Leigh Silverman directs this unsurprising but beautifully acted study in lust, rationalization and retribution, which closes on Oct. 10 Things to Do Now in NYC 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Apparently all acts of terror are not equal to Mr. King in light of his past rationalization and defense of IRA terrorism. I am not the Tsarnaevs 2013-04-22T15:19:00Z For the scripture-skeptical, such wordplay only fuels a suspicion that believers are incapable of engaging with their texts without grasping for rationalization. The Book of Mormon: the Great American Bible 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z “Anything I would have said then would have been an inadequate rationalization to make myself feel better,” he explains. What was the final year in the Obama White House like? This filmmaker was there. 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z In spite of the cold and rain and the rationalizations invading my brain, I dash out the basement door and bike like a madman. My year without a car 2013-12-09T01:00:00Z In by far the greater majority of cases, the actual sex relations will take place first, with the rationalization that the homosexuals will then not dare to report the theft to the police. The Theory That Justified Anti-Gay Crime 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Both would have been better and more honest if their characters were just as openly mercenary as any male movie thief and didn’t try to soften these women’s crimes with tears and rationalizations. The Good, the Bad and ‘Black Panther’ 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z I’m also not here, though, to give rationalizations for companies’ bottom-line decisions, or to cheer them for doing whatever they need to to maximize their return on investment. Community Without Dan Harmon? Suits Axe Auteur, and Fans Lose 2012-05-19T21:30:18Z Stella keeps coming up with whiny “poor me” rationalizations for her criminal acts. Review: Great Pretenders Pocket Laughs in ‘The Nap’ 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Instead, his sense of entitlement is mainly identifiable in functional terms, as the stable disposition to come up with some such rationalizations or other, as the situation requires. How Fox News created a new culture of idiots 2012-10-28T12:00:00Z Then use the comments to discuss whether this is a reassuring reality check, or rationalization? Motherlode: Families at (Parallel) Play 2011-04-29T20:53:19Z The emerging film is not simply a persuasive augmentation of Katz’s argument, but also a disturbing portrait of how very human impulses — passivity, rationalization, social pressures — can shape the writing of history. ‘Tantura’ Review: Unearthing the Past 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z The doctors, when confronted about their criminal enterprise, offer elaborate rationalizations for a dirty business that reaps them millions; the impoverished victims would soon die anyway, and lives that would otherwise be lost are saved. | 'Inhale': A Life-Saving Journey to the Dark Side 2010-10-21T23:10:00Z But more often, Immigration Nation reveals the individual justifications that compound into a punishing system, and the rationalizations that allow said system to metastasize. How Netflix's Immigration Nation shows the true horror of Ice agents 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z But if a writer needs elaborate rationalizations for switching genres, by all means go right ahead. An Essayist Searching for Alternate Worlds 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z In their different ways, Mayer, Haffner, and Jarausch show how habituation, confusion, distraction, self-interest, fear, rationalization, and a sense of personal powerlessness make terrible things possible. Cut Trump supporters off: The horror of migrant kids taken from parents demands personal action 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Bass delivers a token apology afterward; the unspoken rationalization is that they were just following procedure. Broadway's 9/11 musical "Come From Away" lands on TV, offering kindness & laughter in dark times 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z Many of these projects do improve infrastructure — that’s always the primary rationalization — but the bells and whistles push the prices to astronomical levels. Commuting to Disneyland 2012-07-14T16:00:00Z It’s a comforting rationalization that conservatives deploy whenever they’re confronted with electoral setbacks. The Ted Cruz purity test: A Cruz nomination could be apocalyptic for the right 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z And though her character in "The Report" is a composite, it hauntingly reveals the brutal sangfroid and rationalization of the real men and women who oversaw the torture tactics that shocked the world. How Maura Tierney learned to identify with a "monstrous" torturer 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Most of us do this, to some extent; you smile and nod through the boring story because you . . . what’s a good rationalization here . . . appreciate that s/he wants to share with you! Carolyn Hax: Trust your feelings, and not just his, in a budding relationship 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z While advertised as listening sessions, these sessions functioned more like rationalizations of the archdiocese’s predetermined ideas and don’t address the central question about the decline. 3 ways we can bring Seattle parishioners back to Mass | Op-Ed 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z The move comes in the middle of a cost-saving initiative for Cushman, which has been reducing headcount and exploring property lease rationalizations in an effort to save around $130 million this year. Brookfield fires real estate brokerage Cushman from handling its US listings 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z The cover story about not “targeting” civilians is a comfortable rationalization for the slaughter of civilians that self-righteously denies the obvious reality. Hamas, Israel and "terrorism": If we have to use the label, at least let's use it honestly 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Thus far, the rationalizations courts have used to reject elephant rights show little basis in logic or the law. Opinion: Why shouldn't elephants have rights? They're intelligent beings who can feel joy and sorrow 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Their rationalization – shaped by ethical norms, the perceptions of others and expected behavior – supports trust. How Can We Trust AI If We Don’t Know How It Works 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Goodyear Tire & Rubber said on Friday it plans to cut 700 jobs and sell about 100 retail stores and fleet locations, under a rationalization plan for its Asia Pacific segment. Australia's Qantas flags hit from higher fuel prices 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Compartmentalization, after all, is a pretty good synonym for rationalization, the act of setting aside, or even tucking away, whatever we find morally troubling. ‘Oppenheimer’ doesn’t show us Hiroshima and Nagasaki. That's an act of rigor, not erasure 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Or are they just intellectually dishonest partisan actors and there is no need for rationalization on their part? Thank the Supreme Court for the next big campus battle: Legacy admissions 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Trump's strategy is to toss off a bunch of excuses, which often contradict each other, just so his followers can grab onto whichever rationalization tickles their fancy. Trump goes with the "too stupid to know better" defense 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Some Sufis also rejected the rationalization of religion and criticized the incorporation of Greek philosophy into Islamic theology. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z This strain of rationalization feels familiar because it is universal: It’s how power corrupts and how the powerful sleep at night. What's Henry VIII doing in 1920s Virginia? He's in Jeannette Walls' wild new novel 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z But rather than abandon this dumb-as-nails talking point, right-wing media has been working overtime trying to backfill the "woke banks" gambit with post hoc rationalizations. However racist you thought the "woke banks" talking point was, it's worse 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The president's rationalization for putting South Carolina first is diversity. Biden is wielding the DNC's power to crush a potential primary challenge in 2024 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z "Today, there's much more focus on how you grow the business, bring digital tools, different approaches to go to market, more strategies around pricing and product rationalization," he added. Carlyle sees big in Japan auto industry as EV shift shakes supply chains 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z That’s why effective altruism, as a movement, tends to look like just another rationalization for the accumulation of wealth, in this case as the font of philanthropic efforts to benefit humanity into the limitless future. Column: How Sam Bankman-Fried exploited the 'effective altruism' fad to get rich and con the world 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z "In general we have really powerful rationalization processes for describing why the poor deserve poverty. It's called belief in a just world," Kraus told Salon. Panhandlers are given more money when they're well-dressed. What does this say about us? 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z Rather than abandon this dumb-as-nails talking point, right-wing media has been working overtime trying to backfill the "woke banks" gambit with post hoc rationalizations. However racist you thought the "woke banks" talking point was, it's worse 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z As Blum explained, white Americans had a "a lot" of rationalizations to get around that conundrum, "which is an indication that they knew better." How the South won the PR war while losing the Civil War 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z “Republicans don’t need to do such rationalization. They simply say, ‘Oh, Democrats are in charge. 'It has been a killer.' With California voters distressed over inflation, candidates trade blame 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z “The trip was not essentially for oil. The trip was about the Middle East and about Israel and rationalization of positions,” he told reporters. Biden’s Saudi trip faces new scrutiny after OPEC oil cut 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z “The trip was not essentially about oil. The trip was about the Middle East and about Israel and the rationalization of positions. But it is a disappointment and says that there are problems,” he said. White House doubles down on calls for Big Oil to reduce profit as Democrats fret over OPEC cuts 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z “The trip was about the Middle East and about Israel and rationalization of positions.” Biden says the U.S. is eyeing ‘alternatives’ to OPEC oil. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z "The trip was about the Middle East and about Israel and ... rationalization of positions," he said. Biden says he is evaluating alternatives after disappointing OPEC+ decision 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z “The trip was not essentially about oil. The trip was about the Middle East and about Israel and rationalization of positions. But it is a disappointment and says that there are problems.” Biden says he doesn’t regret Saudi trip, even as OPEC+ agrees to cut production 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z “The rationalizations they provide are the same excuses that they gave me a year ago when I spoke to them,” she said Thursday. U of Vermont president denies antisemitism allegations 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z However, the rhythm of the past decade has been that one shocking revelation begets another, and smart people with limited power are left to protect impervious owners one rationalization at a time. Perspective | Robert Sarver: Racist, sexist ... and so rich that it doesn’t matter 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Inflation is down, gas prices are normalizing and even former Republicans are disgusted by Trump's treasonous behavior and his followers' support and rationalization of it. Will America see a major renewal of the middle class? We know it can be done 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z It's discouraging to see how deception and rationalization so regularly undermine truth and moral courage. Truth-telling, confession and first-class lies: Is moral clarity possible in Donald Trump’s America? 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Whenever you find yourself thinking, or hear others claiming, that he is exaggerating, that is our innate tendency to reach for a rationalization. What Trump and Orbán want: It's fascism — it's not a metaphor or a joke 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Still, focus group testing suggests Trump voters have found the rationalizations they need to disregard the Capitol riot. Ron DeSantis isn't a dirtbag. That's exactly why he won't beat Donald Trump 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z This "heathen ticket" has been a very effective rationalization, as one of my colleagues puts it, of blessing the brutalities Americans have engaged in, in the name of helping other people. America and the "Heathen": How we set ourselves apart from "sh**hole countries" 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z And it has forced the monks and nuns cloistered here into a form of wartime rationalization. Battered by Russian Shells, a Monastery Remains Loyal to Moscow 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z In short, nothing factual in Florida’s published rationalization justifies taking healthcare away from its transgender population, just as nothing factual justifies DeSantis’ other legal attacks on the community or his denigration of anti-COVID safety measures. Column: Florida's DeSantis launches new attack on his state's transgender citizens 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z It’s time to admit that we — we Americans, and the rationalizations we tolerate — are to blame. Opinion | You. This is your fault. 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z We love riddles, Jacobs writes, because they show how we’re “rationalization machines. We are great at finding patterns where none exist.” Review | What makes puzzles so alluring? A.J. Jacobs looks for clues. 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z But the rationalizations that religion offers to justify these economic claims are crucial. America and the "Heathen": How we set ourselves apart from "sh**hole countries" 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z But the entire rationalization for U.S. partnerships with these Gulf countries is based on their role as important players in maintaining energy stability. Opinion | America’s Gulf ‘allies’ are now Putin’s enablers 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z They suggested that the fear of coercion was a rationalization after the fact. Supreme Court Leans Toward Coach in Case on School Prayer 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z But justices said that might be rationalization, because the officials’ complaint to Kennedy was that his actions would be seen as government speech, violating constitutional commands against government endorsement of religion. Supreme Court majority sympathetic to coach who prayed at midfield 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z I understand the rationalization for this move is to avoid future injury and protect players to be able to compete for the entire season. Letters to Sports: Readers split on Clayton Kershaw's not-so-perfect exit 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z “You could justify to yourself and it would be a true rationalization — ‘Oh, everything will be all right. What It’s Like When Your Loved Ones Won’t Leave Ukraine 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z This was called “rationalization,” and it vested boat owners and captains with shares of the harvest based on past catch records. Into the ice: A crab boat’s quest for snow crab in a Bering Sea upended by climate change 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z "The 'Patriot Purge' thing meant: OK, we hit the iceberg now, and I can't do the rationalizations anymore," he said. Chris Wallace says working at Fox News became “unsustainable” after hosts embraced election lies 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z It also provided a rationalization for imperialism and colonialism. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Surface rationalizations, some of which people may even start to believe, are more palatable. Why Joe Rogan's vaccine misinformation is so dangerous — and dangerously appealing to his audience 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Do you enjoy having to build a little shield of rationalizations, omissions, justifications and defiance, just to do one innocent thing you have an absolute right to do? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Is it okay to meet up with a male friend and not tell your jealous boyfriend? 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z But the aggressiveness of the right has turned this procedural delicacy into a rationalization for surrender. Opinion | Why Elizabeth Warren’s endorsement of court enlargement matters 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z On the contrary, the swirl of rationalizations is intended to discombobulate. Fox News passes Trump's loyalty test: It's about more than lying — it's about teaching how to lie 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z “The lack of curiosity, the lack of outrage, the rationalizations why we shouldn’t be compelling people to testify -- it’s just stunning to me,” McGovern said. Fox News hosts and Trump Jr urged Mark Meadows to help stop Capitol attack, texts reveal – live 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Ukrainian and Western officials say that the Russian authorities, including Mr. Putin himself, seem to be previewing their rationalizations for an invasion. Russia-Ukraine Sea Encounter Highlights Jittery Nerves in the Region 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z We think of many rationalizations for why things are going bad in our lives. ‘Little House on the Prairie’ star Karen Grassle gets candid on sobriety, making peace with Michael Landon 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Many such people would deny any of this or respond with angry rationalizations, as Gene Weingarten points out in his thorough and riveting article. Opinion | Much work remains on protecting dogs from abuse and neglect 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z “The ‘Patriot Purge’ thing meant: OK, we hit the iceberg now, and I can’t do the rationalizations anymore.” Two Fox News Contributors Quit in Protest of Tucker Carlson’s Jan. 6 Special 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z What’s more, “The greater the immediacy of the exploitative need, the more insistent were the arguments supporting the rationalizations.” Opinion | What ‘Structural Racism’ Really Means 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Dendy’s frankness reminded me of the rationalization Calvin Griffith voiced about moving the Senators from Washington to Minneapolis before 1961’s Opening Day. Perspective | The Astros mistreated their sport. The Braves mistreat human beings. 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Critics saw it as an elaborate rationalization for inaction. Opinion | The enduring impact of Colin Powell 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z If there’s a question about a coach and that coach is 7-0, then the question subsides and even undergoes a mazy rationalization process. Analysis | From the Palouse to the Smokies, Saturday told of a nutty land with a nutty week ahead 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Since most prefer to avoid lowering their self-regard, people are more likely to come up with elaborate rationalizations to maintain a current position than acknowledge that view may be in error. Changing your mind about vaccines: People can do it, for a number of reasons 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z This may be a rationalization, but maybe those of us who usually lose appreciate our success more. Opinion | Relegated to rooting for baseball’s losing teams 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Another rationalization was that intelligence officers were exercising free speech in criticizing the president. Ex-CIA analyst: Anti-Trump officials politicized intelligence, undermined U.S. security 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z In other cases, we blame pedestrians for “not being in the crosswalk,” or “not wearing bright clothing” or some other rationalization that amounts to “wrong place, wrong time.” Op-Ed: People of color are dying from traffic violence at a much higher rate. Here’s why 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Of course, this excuse is just more rationalization and lies. Republicans' plot to impeach Joe Biden is not about Afghanistan — it's payback for Trump 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Neither of these rationalizations are true: The ingredients are clear, and the development processes that contributed to them are long-standing. Opinion | Pfizer’s vaccine is fully authorized. It’s time for excuses to end and mandates to start. 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z His rationalizations fall short at a critical moment, shattering his brittle illusions. Review: A symphonic new story collection plays variations on New Orleans in all its masquerades 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Equally ludicrous is the rationalization that what happened didn’t affect her legacy. Column: Simone Biles excels as a human being but fails as a gymnast 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z What the Washington Post reporters diligently recorded from these Missouri anti-vaxxers was not reasons, but rationalizations. "Flagging" misinformation isn't enough: COVID is resurging because the right gobbles up lies 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Pinter humorously captures their moral rationalizations, their willingness to answer even the most nonsensical of demands, the way their own brutality suffuses them with fear. The early Harold Pinter play that speaks volumes about our current moment 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z There was an undeniable whiff of convenience to James’s remarks, as a rationalization for the swift end to the Lakers’ title defense, along with a lack of clarity. Was the N.B.A. Season Too Much Too Soon? 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z No matter what reasons you may provide and your spouse or children counter with, they are post-hoc rationalizations for personal tastes no different than the preference for chocolate over vanilla ice cream. Embracing hopelessness: Getting over our faith in reason is the only path forward 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z More measures like this are being proposed, with Trump's Big Lie being cited over and over again as a rationalization for them. Trump's Big Lie and Hitler's: Is this how America's slide into totalitarianism begins? 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z His rationalization: He didn’t do anything wrong, and he’s unapologetic — though he says he’d never again want to do anything that might later be used as a weapon against his dad. Column: Hunter Biden tells a harrowing tale of addiction in his new memoir 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z “But science provides a fuller, more replicable process of how once conned, we humans use every possible rationalization available to justify our victimization.” Column: Scam victims may feel stupid. And ashamed. And that's perfectly normal 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Plenty of them had perfect rationalizations; nobody holds any animosity for immunocompromised people who felt safer in the suburbs or those who needed to take shelter after losing their job. Opinion | They Escaped New York During the Pandemic. Make Them Pay. 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z I thought that was a convenient rationalization that the revenue generators are safer generating revenue than if we let them go home and be with the other students. 'These players are pros': A pre-March Madness Q&A with ESPN's Jay Bilas 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z "I think capitulation or rationalization of their conduct and they are literally gathering up millions over a million people, maybe as many as three million ethnic Muslims, primarily Uighurs in concentration camps," Katko said. US competing in 2022 Beijing Olympics 'wrong signal to send' amid China's Muslim Uyghur genocide, NY rep says 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z But there is a fundamental difference between the application of political principles and the rationalization of destructive passions. Opinion | There’s only one political party right now 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z They make it possible for a creative rationalization to provide a cloak for group hatreds which can be objectified as true Christianity or true Americanism. Howard Thurman's "Fascist Masquerade": The Black thinker who saw this coming, 75 years ago 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z Given that it is a blatantly anti-democratic instinct, they obviously need some rationalization to prop it up — and they were supplied with one during Trump's first impeachment trial, early in 2020. What connects Trump's two acquittals: The profound danger of the "Dershowitz precedent" 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z All the rationalizations were stripped away the day emails from the first lady of the United States popped up on his screen. How the United States Lost to Hackers 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z He might soon be joined by his colleague Ken Rosenthal, who wrote that he is “frustrated with the inconsistencies we cannot avoid, the false equivalencies we create, the rationalizations that require leaps in logic.” Hall of Fame Voting, Once an Honor, Is Now Seen as a Hassle 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z To do so, we must move past any remaining denial or rationalizations. Text of Kentucky Gov. Beshear’s State of Commonwealth speech 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z With both business and government hopelessly addicted to its cheap and plentiful credit, look for the Fed to concoct ever more creative rationalizations for delivering the next fix. Perspective | Five (somewhat) upbeat predictions for 2021 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Last February I was on the phone with the man who articulated that rationalization most clearly, the legendary civil liberties attorney and longtime Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz. What connects Trump's two acquittals: The profound danger of the "Dershowitz precedent" 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z The rationalizations from the needle phobic will also be intense. ‘A needle makes my blood run cold’: Will the phobic get the coronavirus vaccine? 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z “Because of the decisions and rationalizations people made to celebrate,” the scientist added, “we’re in for a very dark December.” Fears of coronavirus jump intensify in Thanksgiving’s aftermath 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z But the more pernicious effect of such lies is that they provide a rationalization for obstructionism and antidemocratic acts, such as nominating a new Supreme Court justice before an election. Opinion | The true cost of Republicans’ continued contest of the election 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z But as I wrote in my original article, this also reflects the psychological concepts of "cognitive dissonance" and "rationalization." Trump's supporters haven't budged, despite everything. WTAF? 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z This polling also made clear that maintaining one's support for Trump means embracing an increasingly incoherent set of rationalizations. With one week left, Trump team rolls out new campaign message: Let the coronavirus win 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z Other variables are also involved in political decision-making as well, which are outside of many traditional rationalizations and explanations. Scholar Larry Bartels: Trump has revealed that "truth and reason" don't matter to politics 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z It was his go-to rationalization for not issuing a statewide mask mandate. Editorial Roundup: Florida 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Whether voters choose to vote for Trump on the basis of emotion or reason, they will be better able to articulate the reasons, or rationalizations, for their choice. Neuroscience and Psychology Suggest No Surprise Victory for Trump This Time 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z None of that matters to those who would grasp for any rationalization just so they can have some college football. Nick Saban Is Being Tested for the Virus. The Runaway Train of College Football Keeps Rolling. 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z But Jordan slammed the response, saying the company’s “explanation appears to be an after-the-fact rationalization for its election interference and censorship.” Jordan says Twitter's move to 'stop the dissemination' of material 'helps' Biden, biased against conservatives 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z But there, in just six corkscrew turns of retributive rationalizations, we can span two decades of the Senate eating its own tail. The high price of primary politics 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z But with a voice as calm and steady as the turning of a page, she destroyed rationalizations for sexism, step by step, illogic by illogic. Perspective | Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a powerful mind and an athlete’s soul 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z One rationalization for this flip-flop is the argument that the Democrats would do the same thing if given the chance. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from South Dakota editorials 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z “There’s no rationalization that can make my ordering her death right in any way,” he said. Governor again overrules parole board recommendation to free ex-Mexican Mafia member 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z Beginning in the 1990s, the psychologist Albert Bandura called these rationalizations “moral disengagement.” The Good, the Bad and the ‘Radically Dishonest’ 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z "But her reasoning bears little relationship to that of her predecessor and consists primarily of impermissible 'post hoc rationalization.'" Did the Supreme Court grant Trump new powers to reshape health care by upholding DACA? 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z It was clear to some of the judges ruling on these programs that the argument about saving money in Medicaid by making enrollees healthier was mere window dressing — a “post-hoc rationalization,” the appeals court said. Column: Amid pandemic and peak unemployment, Trump still pushing Medicaid work requirement 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Absent that, it’s just another pathetic rationalization for our most unfit president. Opinion | Trump’s supposed sense of humor is tragedy, not comedy 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z “Changing its name won’t erase that. But the more the institution and local community attempt to white-out this stain with denial, rationalization and dismissal, the uglier the stain becomes.” Utah university to consider dropping ‘Dixie’ from its name 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z “Changing its name won’t erase that. But the more the institution and local community attempt to white-out this stain with denial, rationalization and dismissal, the uglier the stain becomes.” Utah university to consider dropping ‘Dixie’ from its name 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Among the arguments for the state’s policy were the same cost-benefit rationalization echoed in the rhetoric around sterilizations in state prisons nearly a century later. Belly of the Beast: California's dark history of forced sterilizations 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The human talent for rationalization is a product of many hundreds of thousands of years of adaptation. Coronavirus Responses Highlight How Humans Have Evolved to Dismiss Facts That Don't Fit Their Worldview 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z For day-to-day spending, the goal is to banish the rationalization of “it’s only” from your mindset. Lockdown lesson — live smaller, improve your finances 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Nielsen’s additional justifications, the chief justice wrote, were “impermissible post hoc rationalizations and thus are not properly before us.” Trump Can’t Immediately End DACA, Supreme Court Rules 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Any point he brought up would be shot down by the woman’s self-fulfilling rationalization that Qureshi was part of a global conspiracy. Conspiracy theorists say 5G causes novel coronavirus, so now they’re harassing and attacking UK telecoms engineers 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Police in Ferguson, Mo., gave a similar rationalization in 2014 for arresting two journalists — ordering one to “Stop videotaping!” as he recorded his arrest — during the unrest after the police shooting of Michael Brown. CNN Arrest Is What Actual Censorship Looks Like 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z We respond with rationalization and selective assessment of evidence – that is, we engage in “confirmation bias,” giving credit to expert testimony we like while finding reasons to reject the rest. Coronavirus Responses Highlight How Humans Have Evolved to Dismiss Facts That Don't Fit Their Worldview 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Best extras: An all-important optional commentary track with the director leads the way, and it’s a good one, chock full of insight, inspiration, rationalizations and revelations of his filming strategies. ‘The Invisible Man’ 4K Ultra HD review 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z "Your flailing around to find a rationalization for your change of vote is sad," Hoyer said. House Dems forge ahead on FISA vote despite GOP opposition 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z These are folks who feel justified in voting for a racist reality TV star and will cling to whatever nonsense Trump and Fox News dish up as a rationalization. Are Trump and his allies setting up Dr. Fauci as the pandemic scapegoat? 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z “Kile routinely prescribed vast amounts of controlled substances to her friends and acquaintances without associated office visits, chart notes, rationalization or explanation, and often via text messages and via the internet,” a court document said. Alaska nurse indicted on manslaughter, opioid charges 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z This is true even of Trump's supporters, who mostly don't even bother pretending their president is honest, but instead resort to rationalizations about why his lies are OK. Trump goes full racist, of course, to cover up coronavirus lies and incompetence 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z But for all the performances on display, this is ultimately a book about actions that speak louder than rationalizations. Review: The blue-jeaned billionaires ruining Wyoming 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z This doesn’t mean that Clark endorses coarse behavior or subscribes to the boys-will-be-boys school of rationalization, but she says she doesn’t take off-color things personally. Opinion | #MeToo misfires with Bloomberg 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z At the time, that felt like a rationalization. Living in post-integrity America 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z “I don’t see rationalization. I see companies leaving the business.” More pain in store for Canadian marijuana companies after Aurora Cannabis, Tilray cut jobs 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z After throwing Obama's principled non-interventionism under the proverbial bus, the Democrats adopted a rationalization for U.S. policy rarely heard in U.S. politics in the past decade. How Democrats undermined their case for impeachment by dragging national security into the fold 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z I hope that mostly because I don’t know if I can handle having to listen and react to any other rationalization. With the Galaxy S20 and Bloom, Samsung is shaking up its phone names again 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z The rationalization was that this would entice more attorneys to take these cases. California is still stuck in the past on medical malpractice payouts 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Hoyer, who has served in Congress for 38 years, said he never expected to witness "such obvious wrongdoing by a president of the United States" or such "craven rationalization of presidential actions." It happened: Donald Trump impeached by House in party-line vote 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Kyle Marchini, who co-authored the firm’s report on identity theft, refers to need as one corner of a “fraud triangle,” with opportunity and rationalization as the other two corners. Financial fraud more fraught when perpetrator is known 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z My guess is that he will find a way to leave with an invented rationalization. Psychiatrist Lance Dodes on the "panicked" state of the "most dangerous person on the planet" 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Until recently, Trump's relative reluctance to get involved in foreign wars served as a rationalization for continued Republican support. Hey, Republicans: Want to keep the grift going? It's time to dump Trump 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z James took rationalization for the China regime’s behavior across the border and back home, just as its leaders hoped he would — and that’s a dangerous thing to carry through passport control. Perspective | China is getting exactly what it wants from LeBron James and the NBA: Capitulation 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z On the spectrum, if they are interested in something, they have a laser focus on that and whatever the denials and rationalizations the rest of us indulge in, that doesn’t come into play with her. Why Jane Fonda is moving to Washington (for now) 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z This is a column about two impeachments and the boundless human capacity for rationalization and self-delusion. Opinion | Why are Republicans who voted to impeach Clinton so unmoved by Trump’s actions? 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z District Judge Morrison England Jr. shredded the Democrats’ rationalization for enacting the spiteful “gotcha” legislation, which he ruled unconstitutional on three counts. Trump is under fire in Washington. But he's winning big in California 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z This was more than a year into Trump’s presidency, by which point the rationalizations of other supposedly serious conservatives who took top administration jobs no longer held water. Opinion | How to Sell Your Soul to Donald Trump 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z Its goal is the rationalization of a speculative endeavor. Intelligent Ways to Search for Extraterrestrials 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z “Now the gold rush talk is gone and you’re going to see a rationalization of the business.” Short sellers circle cannabis stocks as profits dwindle 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Republicans have adopted various rationalizations to cope with this unpleasant reality. Opinion | Why are Republicans who voted to impeach Clinton so unmoved by Trump’s actions? 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z And the papers quoted several of them who offered all kinds of rationalizations. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z She spends long passages recounting Obama’s reasons for not doing more to help Syrian rebels or Libyan civilians after the fall of Moammar Gaddafi, even when it’s clear she believes these are rationalizations. Review | Can an uncompromising activist keep her integrity while working in the White House? 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z And of hearing the answer whisper up from the subtext of Republican rationalization. There is nothing natural about this disaster 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Those images from that PGA Championship weekend, now 20 years gone, were indelible, instilling a deep-rooted rationalization, Holden would argue, to what would follow. Our biggest mistake with Sergio Garcia was expecting anything different - Golf Digest 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z The rationalization that he is not, deep down in his heart, really a racist is meaningless. Opinion | Ignoring Trump’s racism betrays our country’s victims 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z There is no defense, no rationalization, no suitable explanation for what my father said on that taped phone conversation. Opinion | The Ronald Reagan who raised me would want forgiveness for his ‘monkeys’ remark 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Fear of crossing a president who’s popular with the Republican base surely explains some of the convoluted rationalizations on offer. Perspective | The psychological phenomenon that blinds Trump supporters to his racism 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Resisting rationalization is often too difficult for the common day. Opinion | 187 House Republicans have lost their moral compass 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Boosting shares in the combined company will depend on job cuts and rationalization of other assets. T-Mobile and Sprint are on hold — but likely not for long 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z The coworker who snaps at you, however, is more likely to be interpreted as a jerk, without going through the same kind of rationalization. The Real Reason Fans Hate the Last Season of Game of Thrones 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z As delivered by Dench, those words don’t land like the rationalization of a turncoat. Review | Judi Dench plays an idealistic spy in the provocative true story ‘Red Joan’ 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z That’s not a rationalization meant to hide the growth of anti-Semitism on the left. Campaign of hatred: How the Ilhan Omar right-wing outrage machine was constructed 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z There is a point when rationalization reaches the soul and human beings lose sight of simple right and wrong. Opinion | 187 House Republicans have lost their moral compass 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z There is no asininity they will not embrace, no rationalization they will not employ, no illogic they will not apply, to avoid confronting how racist America was — and is. A few reasons to feel hopeful 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z The “she believed it at the time” defense is exactly the kind of rationalization that con artists count on — that and the fact people do not want to admit they can be snookered. The Elizabeth Holmes story is not about the black and the blinks 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Still, Taylor’s best role may simply be as a coolly unsentimental truthteller—a youthful radical cutting through the rationalizations of their elders, the people who broke the economy that they grew up in. The Flashy Pleasures of “Billions” 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The awkwardness for American Jews is not their part in America’s plutocracy but their rationalizations of Netanyahu’s theocracy. Israelis vs. Jews: An Issue in Netanyahu’s Campaign—and for the AIPAC Conference 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z Last year, in a roughly similar period of racing at the Arcadia track, 10 horses died, bringing the usual reaction and litany of rationalization: Santa Anita needs close the track until they figure what is killing these horses 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The company said in a statement Monday that its international business is “undergoing rationalization to improve efficiency.” China’s MoBike shutting some international operations 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z The talk about getting together with your neighbors to discuss issues is a bogus rationalization. Kill the undemocratic caucus system 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z To me, that sounded like addict-speak, a rationalization for a consuming dependency. Perspective | I smoked weed with my son. We’re closer now. 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z “This deal drives a further rationalization in our industry.” Barrick CEO says Newmont bid 'logical' deal for shareholders 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z “Arguing that this happens in all sectors of society is a defensive rationalization,” she said. Pope slams child abuse by priests but fails to issue zero-tolerance rule at summit 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z And supporters cite other benefits of the program’s rationalization and coordination of existing services. Cities are blazing the trail toward healthcare for all 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z When she visits me, I’m bombarded with questions, and then rationalizations for every answer I give, so that it can make sense within her little world. The founder of Girls Who Code explains how to push back against patriarchy in Tech 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z He used to boast about this fact until he realized he needed to drum up a rationalization for his border wall. 7 of the most outrageous false claims made by President Donald Trump during the State of the Union 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Why provide an audience for their rationalizations, explanations, defenses and excuses? Let’s call it Trump Remorse 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z One group claims that our ability to reason is hijacked by our partisan convictions: that is, we’re prone to rationalization. Opinion | Why Do People Fall for Fake News? 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z “It’s an encouraging signal and a step toward a rationalization of the discussion.” Bayer Shares Jump After Monsanto Weedkillers Court Ruling 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z All that remains is to discover the reasons, the rationalizations, the engraved moments of fury and terror and passion that brought us from there to here. Why Return of the Obra Dinn is my game of the year 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Still, the extension of taxpayer largesse to extended families would be a step backward in the long-term fight for incremental rationalization of agriculture policy. Opinion | The emerging farm bill is a bad outcome — that could have been worse 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z When far-right groups like the Proud Boys or Patriot Prayer get into street brawls, they have a go-to rationalization: It was self-defense. Gavin McInnes and the Proud Boys: Defending themselves, or spoiling for a fight? 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z But this “rationalization” account, though compelling in some contexts, does not strike us as the most natural or most common explanation of the human weakness for misinformation. Opinion | Why Do People Fall for Fake News? 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z “The human mind is exquisitely tailored to make sense of the world,” Norman writes, but flawed design sends us scrambling down a trail of “false clues,” ensnaring us in a spiral of rationalization and explanation. Letter of Recommendation: Norman Doors 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Others, like Donald Trump, don't even bother to come up with elaborate rationalizations for how someone can both believe Ford and not believe her. Heidi Heitkamp’s opponent: Maybe sexual abuse victims just aren’t “tough” 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z In his rationalization, George Steinbrenner says Reggie Jackson “can take it,” that “it makes him a better player,” that Mr. October responds to pressure. The Burden of Being Mr. October 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z In the interview, Mr. Prince laid out what he called a “rationalization” of private contracting already happening: a leaner mission of 6,000 private contractors providing “skeletal structure support” and training for Afghan forces. As Afghanistan Frays, Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Is Everywhere 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z And other new research provides evidence that even in highly political contexts, people are not as irrational as the rationalization camp contends. Opinion | Why Do People Fall for Fake News? 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z There is no accounting for the mechanisms of deflection or rationalization that allowed him to behave in this way while simultaneously denouncing others for far smaller concerns, like what they choose to name their children. The Feigned Victimhood of Bill Cosby, Brett Kavanaugh, and Clarence Thomas 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Instead of a searching answer, she gave me what has become a pat rationalization of many American evangelicals. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump’s Battering Ram 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z I crossed my arms and legs tighter and picked at the cuticles of my ring fingers enough to draw blood, rationalizations and denials racing through my mind: Abuse? For my entire childhood, my mom convinced me I was dying 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Social justice-minded Sarah and James examine their motives with a brutal insight that leaves little leeway for easy rationalization. The 99-Seat Beat: 'Time Stands Still,' 'American Saga,' 'Martians' and more 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z We are not arguing that findings such as Professor Kahan’s that support the rationalization theory are unreliable. Opinion | Why Do People Fall for Fake News? 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z But all of this is starting to sound an awful lot like post-hoc rationalizations. Behind the scenes, Trump makes his case against AG Jeff Sessions 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Consider his retaliation against public officials who launched the probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign — he threatened their security clearances, and this week he actually revoked one, using a flimsy rationalization. Opinion | So much for the presidency 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z The country is falling apart; everyone seems in a vacuum with their sins, rationalizations and moral indemnities. 'The Captain' is a chilling glimpse of perverted power and atrocity at the end of WWII 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z College campuses have been prime breeding grounds for such indifference, deflection and rationalization. Urban Meyer discovers indifference not an option 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z It was left to secular organizations to identify all religious rationalizations as the fundamental problem. Opinion | The White House Is Tearing Down the Wall Between Church and State 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Why so many often conflicting lies and rationalizations? Why are Republicans grasping for excuses on family separation? Because their voters support it 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z But at an honor-starved moment when most of our politicians are quicker to shirk responsibility than to shoulder it, I cringe at his evasions, elisions and rationalizations. Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, the sultans of self-pity 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z For Trump voters I think it is less rationalization than 1. Is Donald Trump above the law? He clearly thinks so — and the threat to democracy is real 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z The tragedies here encompass temptation, rationalization, ambition, authority pressure, deception, stupid systems — and maybe entitlement if she’s working hard and feels that the ends justify the means. Nine pitfalls of research misconduct 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z The extraction industry's rationalization for mining fossil fuels is that there is "No Good Alternative," the second volume's title. William T. Vollmann turns his mammoth talents to climate change 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z As I grew up and, in my 20s and 30s, spent thousands and thousands of hours listening to or watching baseball games, I developed a more multidimensional rationalization for my passion. Review | How baseball will survive in the age of distraction 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z So are defensiveness and denial, rationalization, justification and a kind of puffed-up indignation accessible only to the profoundly entitled and entirely clueless. Thank you, Starbucks, for copping to the reality of implicit bias 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z Even with that built-in loyalty, Macron is pushing a measure that would further reduce Parliament’s powers — in the name of fostering greater “efficiency” and “rationalization.” Macron warned against authoritarianism. In France, he is seen as a liberal strongman. 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z There’s a huge, gaping chasm, between the pursuit of perfection and the inevitability of failure, that no rationalization or misdirected blame can cover. Why throwing a few clubs (and even an expletive or two) when you're playing golf is only natural (and maybe even good for your game) - Golf Digest 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z It’s a litany of rationalizations and justifications of a sort depressingly familiar to anyone within earshot of a Trump believer. Trump’s apologists have drunk the Kool-Aid 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Whatever the reasons, they sound like lame excuses and tired rationalizations after Shohei Ohtani’s performance thus far with the Los Angeles Angels. Shohei Ohtani is a shot in the arm for baseball 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Whatever the reasons, they sound like lame excuses and tired rationalizations after Shohei Otani’s performance thus far with the Los Angeles Angels. Shohei Otani is a shot in the arm for baseball 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Curran films the accident from multiple viewpoints, tweaking it to accommodate Ted’s distortions about what happened, but these rationalizations frustrate Ted’s friends and advisers. Review | ‘Chappaquiddick’ plays it fair, appeasing neither Kennedy-clan fans nor its critics 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z And we’ll learn that there was a cataclysmic event in Krypton’s past, and at that time, there was a rationalization that was needed for survival. Krypton’s showrunner on the show’s complex politics and alien design 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z He says a state review will determine the rationalization for sudden price spikes. Connecticut bill would trigger review if drug prices spike 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Nowadays, the court frequently adjudicates speech controversies because governments eagerly embrace sinister rationalizations for “balancing” free speech against competing values, to the detriment of free speech. Opinion | The Supreme Court may decide what you can wear to go vote. This isn’t hard. 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, this creates a sense of threat when things don’t play out fairly, and a tendency to look for rationalizations, such as blaming the victim. Why we're psychologically hardwired to blame the victim 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Experience tells us that neither of these things is true and yet we persist with the rationalizations: it’s just a two-minute call; I’m accustomed to multi-tasking; I’m really, really concentrating on the road. Should I call out my friends for using their phones while driving? 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z But draped over all of those rationalizations was my most powerful and seductive weakness: denial. Letter of Recommendation: Hysterectomies 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z It’s a sequence of questionable rationalizations and a string of baffling moves. Alex Smith move far from simple, clever or competent by Washington 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z The U.S. is ready to block steel and aluminum imports through a rarely used “national security” rationalization. Trump Courts Economic Mayhem 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z Wolff lists a number of rationalizations that Trump aides and friends relied upon to postpone an inevitable reckoning with the president’s shortcomings. Review | In Michael Wolff’s book, the Trump White House is full of intrigue, and out of ideas 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z So-called student athletes are their fodder and the academic mission is their rationalization for allowing this abuse of their institutions. Opinion | The College Sports Tax Dodge 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z If this morality had a credo, it might be: You get the wins now; we’ll think up the rationalizations later. Perspective | The Tennessee-Greg Schiano saga shows the charming and chilling power of fans 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z You need either to “game this out” sober next time, or see your rationalizations for what they are. They want another kid but worry about the sacrifices 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Alzado had warned us many years earlier about the consequences attendant with this rationalization. Can Ketones Rev Up Our Workouts? 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Except that in the case of IS the cult might have a morally superior "rationalization" than those pursuing geopolitical objectives or oil riches. What Doomsday Cults Can Teach Us About ISIS Today 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Making a list in advance avoids the old “this is close enough” rationalization, and it’ll keep you from buying something you didn’t really want just because it was on sale. How to Shop Smart on Black Friday (and Cyber Monday) 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z He decried its rigidity as an “iron cage” of rationalization in which social life is managed quantitatively. Stop Doing Companies' Digital Busywork for Free 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z “I think there’s a lot of rationalization that was going on,” Friedman said, “at least the way my mind works.” Losing 16 of 17 didn’t break the Dodgers. Could it have actually helped them? 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z Capitalism, the Nazis charged, “enslaves human beings under the slogan of progress, technology, rationalization, standardization, etc.” Perspective | Five myths about Nazis 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Tax reformation, regulatory rationalization, comprehensive immigration reform – if he were to catalyze a congressional movement that did something meaningful with healthcare that attracted significant Democratic votes, then he’d skate into a second term. Opinion | Trump’s Road to 2024 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Wild Fish Conservancy and its fish trap advocate partners are doing what they believe is the right thing while nonlocal corporate entities are rubbing their rationalization hands together in anticipation of resource control. Fish traps: Keep them in the past 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Blann identified three factors that result in acts of fraud: incentives or pressure for an individual, rationalization or attitude, and opportunity. A roundup of recent Michigan newspaper editorials 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Only time will tell how many professionals are willing to perform the necessary internal rationalizations required for this line of work. Opinion | Sean Spicer still doesn’t understand facts 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z “That's not good enough,” he said of the rationalizations he made when he fell short in the past. Sean Knapp finally wins a USGA championship, on his 43rd attempt - Golf Digest 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z A bitter Sapir called it “a mere rationalization. Having made her erotic life a mere tentacle of the ego, she could not possibly allow herself to pay the price of love.” Margaret Mead in pursuit of fame and sex 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z It caught me in a cycle of desire, guilt and rationalization which continued through my wedding. He’s torn between wife and the Other Woman 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z I don't care about this or any other rationalization. Steph Curry's pro golf debut was brilliance and utter stupidity all at once - Golf Digest 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z One such asset sale -- a $1.7 billion Bandar Malaysia property deal that was executed as part of the rationalization plan -- collapsed in May. Abu Dhabi gives new deadline as 1MDB misses $600 million payment 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z They are guided less by unifying aesthetic principles than by supply chain rationalization. The Luxury Arms Race: Michael Kors and Coach Target Takeovers 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Decades of research in both psychology and political science predicted that Trump supporters would engage in elaborate rationalization for his corrupt behavior rather than admit they were wrong to support him. Trump’s supporters don’t care about Russia — but they don’t want to lose their health care 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Riedl calls his approach “rationalization,” which he designed to help everyday users understand the robots that will soon be helping around the house and driving our cars. How AI detectives are cracking open the black box of deep learning 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z We wouldn't be doing our job if we didn't have rationalizations for our pick of gaming's most influential super-spies, brawlers, arch-villains and redoubtable heroines. The 15 Most Influential Video Game Characters 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z One such asset sale -- a $1.7 billion Bandar Malaysia property deal that was executed as part of the rationalization plan -- collapsed in May. Abu Dhabi gives new deadline as 1MDB misses $600 million payment 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z The tactic amounts to a refinement of the age-old national-security rationalization: Not only are government figures automatically exonerated, those exposing them should be reflexively punished. Exploring the 1st Amendment in a time of Trump-media showdowns 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Many of the excuses and rationalizations and “next year in Jerusalem” assurances offered to frame the Ossoff debacle sound reasonable enough, at first glance. The agony, the ecstasy and the Ossoff: Democrats are full of excuses, but the truth hurts 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z But members of the rank-and-file are dissatisfied with that rationalization - and some are arguing for a new message and approach ahead of the midterms. The Latest: Pelosi tries to reassure Dems after Georgia loss 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z But members of the rank-and-file are dissatisfied with that rationalization — and some are arguing for a new message and approach ahead of the midterms. Special election losses leave Democrats divided, searching 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z However, as Saudi men replace these foreigners, this rationalization no longer applies. How Economic Reform Will Help Women Drive In Saudi Arabia 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z “There’s no rationalization I can come up with. The guy said one thing during the campaign and he’s outright not doing it.” Trump administration grants work permits to thousands of illegal immigrants 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z This essay is an obvious set up for the second shoe to drop, this as a rationalization for the continued exploitation of unskilled and skilled workers, look ma I'm making more! The Question Isn’t Why Wage Growth Is So Low. It’s Why It’s So High. 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Similarly, learn to recognize your usual justifications and rationalizations. Why It’s So Hard to Admit You’re Wrong 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z The all-purpose rationalization is: Games, if played fairly, always award victory, even to the losers. The GOP was taken over by an anti-capitalist menace 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z “I don’t know if there is any rationalization behind it. We’ve gotten bit by the bug,” Seattle manager Scott Servais said. Early rash of injuries causing daily headaches for Seattle 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Talk about the triumph of civil religion over the real thing, Senator Rapert’s rationalizations sum it up. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Writing in 1973, Hillary Rodham described the rule as “a rationalization by decision-makers justifying their judgments about a child’s future, like an empty vessel into which adult perceptions and prejudices are poured.” What Makes a Parent? 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z I was great to hear the filmmaker lament cutting some of the scenes, explaining their context to the overall story and his rationalizations as to why they were dropped. Blu-ray reviews: ‘Split’ and ‘The Girl with All the Gifts’ 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z In Pfiffner’s view, “Each of these sets of rationalizations allowed the Presidents to choose the path that would end up damaging them more than an initial admission would have.” How Trump Could Get Fired 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Horner expressed alarm at all the “rationalizations” he is hearing from Republicans for backing away from that promise. Republicans are rethinking their disdain for the Paris accord – creating a political headache for Trump 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z What's most disturbing is that he seems to believe his own meager rationalizations. Comey Tried to Shield the F.B.I. From Politics. Then He Shaped an Election. 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z We the People are then left to wash the blood off our hands or come up with rationalizations for taking human life. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z But the rules were easily bent by obscure rationalizations. “Northeast Regional” 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z On Monday, for example, the parent company of Ann Taylor, Loft and Lane Bryant said it was working on a “fleet rationalization” plan — meaning it will be taking steps to close stores. Analysis | The harsh reality for Anthropologie: It’s still selling the wrong clothes 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Mack explains that he’s only of average intelligence, a rationalization that almost insults our own capacity for curiosity or skepticism. Review | ‘The Shack’: Religious drama doesn’t live up to its own lofty ideals 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Rather than bite Stalin’s hand that fed him he conveniently focused on the rationalization that Stalin employed to justify his dictatorship. What does “freedom” actually mean? Self-indulgent Libertarian hypocrisy knows no bounds 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z "We will achieve a rationalization of square footage over time, not necessarily fewer stores but probably less square footage," Mansell said on the call. Kohl's, Macy's turn landlords in bid to unlock real estate value 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Put that aside, and read this as a study in rationalization. Burst your bubble: five conservative articles examining Milo Yiannopoulos 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Compelling rationalization for the chronic procrastinators who torture themselves and those of us who depend on, and are frustrated by, these last-minute, phone-it-in folks. Why I Taught Myself to Procrastinate 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z It is, of course, an ad hoc rationalization for a season gone awry. Knicks Fall to Cavaliers in a Roller-Coaster Performance 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Psychologists and other experts say the best apologies are short and don’t include rationalizations or requests for forgiveness. Donald Trump, Quebec City, Patriots: Your Monday Evening Briefing 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z From high school to college to the pros, rationalization is a game that is increasingly difficult to play. Lost in Mounds of Injury Data Is the Brutality of the N.F.L. 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z “But as a child or young person, you don’t have that rationalization, and you just want to see things change.” ‘We were soldiers’: The flesh and blood behind the new civil rights monument 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z But precisely because their views are likely to be rationalizations of a previous antipathy, they may not be terribly susceptible to reasoned argument. What Should You Do When Customers Make Racist Remarks? 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z The arguments in favor of enshrining the two are an exercise in twisted judgment and logic-bending rationalization whose underlying assumption is that actions need have no consequences if undertaken by athletes of transcendent talent. Don’t let cheaters into baseball’s Hall of Fame 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z The regulators cited specific technical deficiencies in Wells’s living will, including issues of “shared services” and “legal entity rationalization.” Wells Fargo’s ‘Living Will’ Plan Is Rejected Again by Regulators 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z The closure is indicative of the broad cost pressures the private banking industry in Asia is facing and part of a wave of operational rationalization sweeping the sector. Exclusive: Edmond de Rothschild to close Hong Kong operations - sources 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Using a rationalization for repressive measures that dates back at least to the French Revolution, the Russian President cited national-security imperatives, such as the need to confront Chechen terrorism. Trump’s Challenge to American Democracy 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z He is a conniver with blood on his hands, satire in his veins and rationalization in his heart. National Book Award finalist Viet Thanh Nguyen speaks out on war, capitalism and Donald Trump 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Blaming “white-lash” is silly—of the roughly 700 U.S. counties that Mr. Obama won twice, about one-third broke this time for Mr. Trump—but these cultural rationalizations are lamentable and instructive. Trump and the Democrats 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z It's a film of big, bold ideas, articulated by a slew of subjects including activist Angela Davis and scholar Henry Louis Gates, spanning centuries of American history and cutting through the fog of political rationalizations. As an artist, Ava DuVernay raises cry against racism with the documentary '13th' 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z I don’t know that I necessarily had a rationalization for it, but there was a fear that the direction and trajectory I had always assumed was there in this race didn’t hold. How Donald Trump won: The insiders tell their story 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z While not statistically impossible, as Emily Badger astutely points out, it falls into the category of prima facie evidence -- her rationalizations nonwithstanding. Fraud Claims in Philadelphia? They Add Up to Zero 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z The byproduct of that rationalization is that an unhinged mind armed with a gun may seek a "solution." From Trump Talk to Monstrous Action 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Don’t listen to the excuses, rationalizations or outright lies. 5 Ways to Deal With a Psychopath 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Could pollster now be hitting a wall of rationalization? Is G.O.P. Dodging a Landslide? Trump’s Polling Hasn’t Collapsed (Yet) 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Is this a rationalization for abuse of some kind? Teaching Your Child Emotional Agility 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z The people I talked to at Trump’s rally were clearly looking for a way to get past Trump’s misogyny, either by treating Trump’s word as the untarnished truth, or by some motivated rationalization. Trump visits Charlotte: “Women for Trump” say nominee should “ignore the bimbos,” blame Clinton for accusations 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z “Protecting the well-being of China’s youth is often used as a rationalization for far-reaching controls on media and information that impact all Chinese citizens,” said David Bandurski, a researcher at the China Media Project. China’s Internet Child-Safety Policies Could Force Changes at Tech Firms 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Not voting—or voting for a third candidate who cannot win—is a rationalization designed more than anything to assuage our consciences. Should Christians Vote for Trump? 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z There are lots of rationalizations for skipping it, but experts are firm. Donald Trump, Florida, Nobel Prize: Your Weekend Briefing 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z When he crossed the line in the past, there was always a ready escape hatch, a set of rationalizations offered by his slack-jawed, but ultimately accommodating, Republican allies. Donald Trump’s Conduct Was Excused Again and Again. But Not This Time. 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z Consider a few of this book’s arguments/rationalizations: Bill Clinton’s post-presidential adventures in philanthropy and legacy building 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Such rationalizations are insulting to the public and add to the climate of fear that those few bad police can act with utter impunity and will be protected. One Police Shift: Patrolling an Anxious America 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z These are foolish and dangerous rationalizations for what is ultimately dangerous driving behavior. North Carolina editorial roundup 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z But it’s a lovely irony that the rationalization for Mrs. Clinton is that she is the candidate or rationality and fact. Trump and the Facts 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z The good news: there's little talk today of "new paradigms" or similar rationalizations, as there was to justify the dot-com bubble of the early 2000s. Prospects for an Aging Bull Market 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z The “danger” of Trump merely provided the Times with a rationalization—an excuse to acknowledge its longstanding practice. Nine One What? 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z What is likely occurring in Trump’s head is some early rationalization in case polling continues to point to a Clinton win. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump has lately been road-testing one such rationalization, saying the election will be “rigged.” Sean Hannity’s Veneration of Ignorance 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z But those who want more than a political rationalization might look to the all-time presidential record of costly regulation set by the Obama Administration. The All-Time Regulation Record 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Deutsche Bank's cash cow bond trading activities decreased 19 percent, which it said was related to its decision to exit high-risk securitized trading and the rationalization of its emerging market debt platform. Deutsche Bank CEO warns of deeper cuts after second-quarter revenue drop 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z This is mostly fantasy and rationalization, of course. Notes from Cleveland: The two forms of resistance 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z My mind finds a distraction or a rationalization about why I shouldn't be sad. Teaching Men to Be Emotionally Honest 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Like members of a cult who discover too late that their self-proclaimed messiah is mortal after all, rationalizations are required. Sean Hannity’s Veneration of Ignorance 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z “I thought money would keep me safe and secure—or that was my rationalization.” Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter Tells All 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z There are many rationalizations to consider when assessing a player’s annual salary. Ian Mahinmi signing a symbol of strange offseason for Wizards 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z They either didn’t respond, tap-danced like Mumble the Happy Feet Penguin or offered the types of rationalizations you might use to excuse the bad behavior of a troubled relative. Trump leads to a whole lot of shimmy-shaking in the GOP 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Cultural critic Susan Bordo has pointed out that this kind of rationalization reflex acts as a “diversionary din” that shifts focus from cause — consumer culture, persistent inequality — to symptoms. You can wear high heels and be a feminist. But please don’t write an essay about it. 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z If so, you’ve probably said or heard something along the lines of: “I really like you, but . . .,” followed by an excuse or rationalization intended to salve the feelings of the partner being dumped. It’s Hillary’s to Lose 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z His incoherent rationalizations in speech after speech imply that cable carriers are strangling Netflix when Netflix has more subscribers than the U.S. cable industry combined. Peak TV in the FCC Valley of Darkness 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z There is, moreover, a similarity between Mrs. Clinton’s defenders and the Nevertrump diehards: Both are attempting to counter their opponents’ enthusiasm with increasingly tortured rationalizations. Bern, Baby, Burn 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Whether or not the superstitions began with that novel, it’s clear that a lot of rationalizations for it—such as the Templar tale—are recent inventions. Busting the Myth of Friday the 13th and the Knights Templar 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z This rationalization is what allows people who commit genocide to go home, kiss their children and sleep at night. Trump’s ugly speech threatens our ideals and our safety 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z This always struck me as a rationalization for the countless hours, days, months, years that are given away to the game — O.K., wasted — as if there aren’t more satisfying pursuits. Throw It Back? I Couldn’t, and I’m Glad I Didn’t 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z You blunted your knowing with a rationalization about his downplaying past birthdays, sure, and you almost got yourself to believe it — but. Boyfriend goes bonkers about birthday conflict 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z And now we will listen to 6 months of rationalization why the Donald is a reasonable Republican candidate. Ted Cruz Suspends His Campaign for President 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z He called the ruling "almost 500 pages of rationalization for the intentional race-based voter suppression law that everybody knows was written to suppress African American votes." Civil rights and elections attorneys say they'll appeal federal court ruling upholding North Carolina's 2013 major rewrite of its voting laws 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z It provides investors with the convenient rationalization that their activities are helping advance a democratization process. Obama’s Illusions About Post-Castro Cuba 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Junk surveys and mindless rationalizations like this are asinine. Obamacare Seems to Be Reducing People’s Medical Debt 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z While everyone is riveted to the grudge match in the Democratic primary, the Republicans continue to show that they are the absolute masters at meaningless gotchas and bizarre rationalizations. For Ann Coulter, it’s OK when Republicans cheat on their wives: Right-wing bigmouth’s justifications for Trump’s adultery shines light on the sexual double standard 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z The multiplicity of Republican rationalizations for their refusal to even consider Merrick B. Garland radiates insincerity. Do Republicans really think Donald Trump will make a good Supreme Court choice? 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z It is essential that we not wish away his pronouncements with Pollyannaish rationalizations such as “he’s just saying that to get votes” or “he’ll change once in office.” Coming to grips with Donald Trump 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Some rationalizations for remaining in the race can strain credulity. With Optimism Waning, Marco Rubio’s Campaign Labors On in Florida 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Second, his campaign actually expected to win states like South Carolina and Nevada, making this post-hoc rationalization for failure that much less persuasive. Rubio's latest challenge: putting a positive spin on failure 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Analysts say Marks & Spencer, the country’s biggest clothing retailer is ripe for a major store rationalization. British retailers invite rival brands to fill their empty spaces 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z And finally, it may be that to make comedies or any other kind of messiness out of war would be to challenge a kind of collective rationalization. With 'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,' Tina Fey tries to reclaim a neglected genre 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Evangelical voting behavior makes way more sense if you assume the politic views come first and the Bible is just the rationalization for them. The racist history of evangelicals proves they’re a perfect match with Trump: Why the religious right’s love for The Donald makes sense 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Let’s hope their delusional rationalization isn’t necessary to form a bridge to the Trump campaign. Can Trump reach 50 percent? 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Lee wanted her readers to see injustice as if they were seeing it for the first time, before rationalizations and hardness form. In our times of division, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ offers lessons in empathy 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z García loves the church too much to ever want to hurt it, he says, in a line that echoes some of the rationalizations we heard from church apologists in “Spotlight.” ‘The Club’ takes a cynical look at the sins of the Catholic Church 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z I don’t doubt that some Republican voters are going to buy the senator’s post-hoc rationalization, but there’s just no evidence to suggest it’s true. Rubio moves further away from his only accomplishment 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Scalia will be remembered fondly on the right as the brilliant exponent of the theory of “originalism” that provided a rationale — or, in many cases, a rationalization — for decisions that usually fit conservative ideological preferences. Scalia’s passing starts a court fight for the ages 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z "Now the government needs to follow up with policies. That includes providing custom duty and export incentives, tax rationalization and removal of ambiguous land acquisition policies." Modi urged to make reality match 'Make in India' hype 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z The self-imposed credit/debt tradeoff of excess provides a rationalization for the wicked bender. Don't Buy Into the Mardi Gras Mentality 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z When we think of the economic rationalizations of big money campaign spenders, we normally think of what leftists refer to as the neoliberal model. Capitalist puritans: The Koch brothers are pushing pure economic liberty as the only road to true prosperity — to the detriment of all but the rich 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z When the needle just won't budge, though, they invoke various rationalizations to explain how they get up and slog through another day. For months, polls have been the prime driver of who is perceived to be rising, falling and toast in the 2016 presidential campaign 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z When the needle just won’t budge, though, they invoke various rationalizations to explain how they get up and slog through another day. AP SPIN METER: Polls put 2016 hopefuls in a fickle pickle 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z For all his quirks, the rationalization goes, the billionaire businessman is a man you can do business with. Will the GOP cave to Trump? 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Review’s Rich Lowry noted this week, for example, that from his conversations, the GOP establishment’s mood on Trump is “moving from fear/loathing to resignation/rationalization.” GOP donor class has 'recently changed its tune' 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z National Review’s Rich Lowry noted this week, for example, that from his conversations, the GOP establishment’s mood on Trump is “moving from fear/loathing to resignation/rationalization.” From 'panic' to 'acceptance' on Trump? 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z After what Swinney endured growing up, he does not suffer rationalizations gladly. At Clemson, Dabo Swinney Offers Lessons on Football and Life 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z Especially around the holidays, the narrative of hopelessness and rationalization becomes too great for most to resist. Veterans, Don't Quit Job Searching During the Holidays 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z I was sure there would be those who would call it a rationalization, but the reasoning was good enough for me. Beyond 550 astronomical units : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Review’s Rich Lowry noted this week, for example, that from his conversations, the GOP establishment’s mood on Trump is “moving from fear/loathing to resignation/rationalization.” GOP donor class has 'recently changed its tune' 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Included in our rationalizations is the sure, overwhelming math of geography. We should not rationalize the tragedy of San Bernardino but we will. Again | Jeb Lund 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z And then, perhaps the most insidious part, we find rationalizations for doing little or nothing. Courage in Crisis 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Not only does he rationalize the mass murder of journalists; that rationalization is a fallback from his initial, impulsive though impolitic position that those murders had “legitimacy.” Why the Bicyclists? 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z He called the deal in May with IPIC, which also includes the Abu Dhabi fund taking over other bonds issued by 1MDB, “the final piece of our rationalization.” Hunt for Billions Invested by 1MDB Points to Australia 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Her world was guided by this “safe and natural” idea that is the rationalization behind pitching one dominant girl multiple games in a day, multiple days in a row, on multiple teams in a season. Lack of softball pitching limits can lead to injuries 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z It was, after all, white elites, she wrote, who first devised measures of I.Q. ‘‘as both a rationalization and a tool of anti-black oppression.’’ The Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z A cynic might dismiss these as mere rationalizations, but the lead-up to every ruling is suffused with critical analysis of reasoned arguments. A judicial lightning rod 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Engaging in politics also means unmasking rationalizations that may sound plausible but are merely intended to justify pathetic pandering to the forces of evasion and inertia. Obama forces us to face reality on mass shootings 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z His 2014 essay The Case for Reparations tackled the rationalizations for slavery and their effects on the US throughout the 20th century, such as red-lining. Ta-Nehisi Coates leads diverse group of MacArthur 'genius' grant recipients 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Xi’s emerging rationalization of his unrestricted power might be termed “legalist Leninism.” The insecurity underpinning Xi Jinping’s repression 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z We fans have a whole suitcase full of rationalizations intended to preserve our right to consume, and thus sponsor, this hyper-violent game. Hollywood’s version of the gridiron is just fantasy football 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z “Some of it is just rationalization; they've managed to construct an argument in their own minds as to why it's no harm.” Who Buys Ivory? You’d Be Surprised 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z I didn’t need rationalizations or anything of that sort. Zuckerberg Helps Destigmatize Miscarriage: These Women Share Their Stories Too 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z None of the excuses or rationalizations floated over the years by Cosby’s defenders seem remotely sustainable in the face of all that overwhelming first-person testimony. The evil behind Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski: Can we overcome our long, painful history of rape and power? 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z I think it’s a rationalization after the fact. Philip Zimbardo Thinks We All Can Be Evil 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Sensible judicial deference to government regulations does not require judicial dereliction of its duty to gaze skeptically on government’s often ridiculous rationalizations of them. The 110 year-old case that still inspires Supreme Court debates 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z The teachers probably tell themselves that mindful soldiers are less likely to carry out atrocities, but that just shows the teachers are as subject to self-deception and moral rationalization as non-meditators. Meta-Meditation: A Skeptic Meditates on Meditation 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z We see the differences between situations and use those as rationalizations as to why things are different this time. How You Can Counter the Inside View and Make Better Decisions 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Further, cost reductions for mining companies are essentially incremental improvements in cost structures, such as workforce rationalizations or renegotiated supplier contracts. A Look At The Rigidity Of Silver Wheaton's Cost Structure 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z And he apparently based his acts on vintage rationalizations for terrorist violence in American history. Terrorism in Charleston 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Of course, Tuesday’s paper also had a story about people adding pools, with the rationalization that they use no more water than a lawn, once they’re filled. Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z And finally, if not rationalization of schools, then what? Education reformers have it all wrong: Accountability from above never works, great teaching always does 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z The excuses and rationalizations made by renewable advocates are the same that they dismiss when made by conventional energy providers. IEA And World Bank Say Throw Money At Renewables 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z In therapy, Aboutism is found in rationalization and intellectualization, and in the “interpretation” games where the therapist says “This is what your difficulties are about.” Bruce Lee: The Four Basic Philosophical Approaches 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Disclosure of this conflict of interest, and after-the-fact rationalization that the advice was nevertheless in the best interest of plan participants, will engender endless litigation. How a Loophole Could Gut the Department of Labor’s Proposed Fiduciary Rule 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z The writer, teacher and environmentalist Wallace Stegner spent a lifetime ripping aside the veils of western myths and rationalizations. A time of drought and fires: How to think about the West as it becomes drier and hotter 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z The U.S. health care system is by no means the only one needing modernization and rationalization. Profits, a Prophet and World Peace through Health IT (Maybe) 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z I want them to stare at us and realize our capacity for rationalization and moral surrender. Why I require FBI agents to visit the Holocaust Museum 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Many thought that the rationalization would stabilize things a bit. OpenStack Carnage--Nebula Shuts Down 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z “So we need style rationalization, and if we carry that forward, it just means less people in the manufacturing side of the business.” Struggling American Apparel Begins Layoffs 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z But unless we understand the factors that provide a rationalization for terrorism and extremism, we will never be able to eradicate this scourge. There’s No Place for Terror in the Teachings of Islam 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Apple Watch Edition is more technology than watch, and therefore unable to capitalize on one of the most popular luxury watch rationalizations: timelessness. The Real Reason So Many of Us Crave the Apple Watch 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Carson’s presence as a potential Presidential candidate represents a triumph, albeit a cynical one, over those rationalizations. Ben Carson, Paranoid 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Many of the Soviet legacy industries, such as coal and steel, underwent significant rationalization, as unprofitable mines or plants were phased out. Putin: The Rise of a Villain Straight From Central Casting 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z While there are lots of rationalizations offered by employees of single-family offices for not achieving pre-set goals, the reality is much simpler. Senior Management: The Linchpin And Driver Of The Single-Family Office 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z It will also enable BT to cut costs through the rationalization of networks and operations and to sell broadband to EE customers that it does not already serve. BT finalizes deal to buy EE: source 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z That might seem counterintuitive at a time when the industry is watching McDonald’s to see if its “menu rationalization” plan starts to turn around sales and traffic. Restaurant Consumers Value Variety Over Simplicity on Menus 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z That went quite a ways beyond the sort of tepid proposals for job creation and “family formation” that Romney made on the Midway, and the response from Republicans has involved a certain amount of rationalization. God and the G.O.P. 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z Because it removes the rationalization whether to save or not, it also removes the emotional act of negotiating with your own mind. How To Trick Your Brain Into Saving A Down Payment 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z One of the frequent rationalizations used by governments for pursuing policies that lead to conflict with other states follows the ‘narratives’ that each creates to promote its ‘national interest’. Doing Business In China: Political Chess Game I 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z A few analysts banged the table but money managers with long memories of airline bankruptcies passed on this concept of rationalization for a leveraged industry. Great Humblers: (Jeez! We Shoulda Seen 'Em Coming) 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z But it’s a fine balance between treating yourself kindly and making endless rationalizations and excuses. Turning a New Year’s Resolution Into Action With the Facts 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z “Mental accounting is really unreliable and prone to mathematical mistakes and rationalizations,” says Claes Bell, Bankrate.com’s banking analyst. The 1 Task Americans Just Can't Accomplish 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z But his account, full of painfully contrived rationalizations, has pathos. Embarrassed by Fiction | The New Yorker 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z "Free cash flow prospects should ultimately be far more robust from the enlarged entity, less reliant on price increases and cost rationalization, with the focus moving to meaningful growth from a cross-selling strategy." Resurgent BT comes back to haunt old rival Vodafone 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z This is the depths of leftist liberal rationalization. For Jihadists, Denmark Tries Rehabilitation 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Customer uptake, while still lacking in terms of really big deployments, is growing and the ecosystem, despite recent rationalizations, is in a healthy state. OpenStack Gains Traction--Progress being Made But Still Some Work To Be Done 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Past exploits are a phony rationalization for inaction in the moment. How on Earth Is Roger Goodell Still the Commissioner of the NFL? 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Nash, however, did his best to squelch that perception in a pseudo rationalization for how he spends his injured reserve-list time. A trip to the driving range is causing injured NBA star Steve Nash a lot of grief: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z “What we observe,” he argues, “are mainly post hoc rationalizations.” Why Did I Vote That Way? Don’t Ask Me 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Given that it may be some time before rationalization comes to our system, it’s on us to avoid becoming lost in the eyes of our former employers and the institutions that hold our money. Lost Money Everywhere, Just Waiting to Be Claimed 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z “The evidence is also clear that despite the rationalizations some leaders may use to defend their stress-inducing, unsupportive style, such behavior by leaders does not contribute to improved individual performance or organizational productivity.” Is your boss making you sick? I’ve long felt consolidation and rationalization would be a strong feature of the OpenStack ecosystem – the early days of the initiative saw far too many companies being founded. Way To Gain A Headline--Mirantis Scores Biggest Ever Open Source Series B Funding 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z That may be true, but it is also the sort of enabling rationalization that allowed Winston to get on a table last month and shout obscenities. Florida State’s Jameis Winston Performs Admirably Under Scrutiny, at Least on the Field 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z That rationalization can happen one of two ways. Burying Young Players Isn’t Part of the Game 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Which is why consolidation and rationalization is happening. The Great Cloud Consolidation Continues--CIsco Acquires Metacloud 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z An appalling thought is that plenty of supposedly responsible people did see that video tape, and saw in it only what they wanted to see—the willful rationalizations that sustain domestic violence. What the Ray Rice Video Really Shows 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Like most rationalizations, these denials contain elements of truth. 5 Reasons Why Mary Barra Should Rally GM to Beat Google at Driverless Cars 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z “I think we rationalized a way in which we felt comfortable with it. Part of that rationalization was to keep it outside the U.S., limit it to that environment where that project was.” U.S. firm helped the spyware industry build a potent digital weapon for sale overseas What he does, though, is he has this perception, or rationalization, that if the men who were actually arrested at the Watergate and those closest to them are prosecuted, then it’s not a cover-up. John Dean Uncovers What Nixon Knew About Watergate 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z They are a shield against poor memories, rationalization and outright lying to yourself. Knowing Yourself: 3 Keys to Leveraging Ancient Wisdom 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z He then interrupted Munayyer some more by claiming he was “making a rationalization” for Hamas’ aggression. Sean Hannity berates Palestinian guest for “thick head” 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z This denial mirrors the rationalizations that industry leaders usually offer about disruptive technologies: Customers like the way things work now. 5 Reasons Why Mary Barra Should Rally GM to Beat Google at Driverless Cars 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z The company, she said, saved itself through “tight capital spending, prudent asset divestitures and a number of rationalizations through the years.” Today’s Titans Can Learn From Fall of U.S. Steel 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Throw red meat to their holier than thou rationalizations and they won’t care what big business does to this great nation. We are a corporate theocracy now: The Christian right seeks cultural and political domination 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Monsanto’s critics see this as the cynical rationalization of a profitable company with a problematic history. Inside Monsanto, America's Third-Most-Hated Company 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z President Obama and leaders everywhere dare not forget: Science is indifferent to half measures and rationalizations. Giving Up Fossil Fuels to Save the Climate: The $28 Trillion Writedown 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z I frequently predict consolidation and rationalization generally in the cloud space. Skyhigh Nabs $40M In Order To Make Enterprise Application Use Safer 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z It’s more of a rationalization for remaking one of coolest cult sci-fi movies of the 20th century. Zadzooks: Robocop review (Blu-ray) 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z There will always be rationalizations and optimism from many in racing. Once again, a Triple Crown dream vanishes at the Belmont Please spare me the rationalization that you are somehow making the world better by doing nothing. 5 Lessons From Pushing for a Third Political Party 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z The collective psychology of the crowd leads to all manner of excuse-making and rationalization as people fall into the throes of a speculative bubble. Four costly words for investors: ‘This time it’s different.’ The word “rationalization” doesn’t quite do justice to the phenomenon because it implies that it occurs consciously, and that it involves the use of reason. Benghazi nuts, anti-vaxxers, birthers: Do they really buy their own nonsense? 2014-05-13T17:45:00Z Longer term we’re going to see significant rationalization in the space but, at least in the meantime, execs like Schlitz will push their companies as hard as possible to grow to scale. Blue Box Scoops Tier 3 Exec To Grow Its Flavor Of OpenStack Cloud 2014-05-12T11:30:00Z “The transactions announced today will provide Charter with greater scale, growth opportunities and improved geographical rationalization of our cable systems, which in turn will drive value for shareholders and more effective customer service,” Rutledge said. Comcast sells subscribers to Charter to help clear way for merger with Time Warner Cable 2014-04-28T23:09:57Z We’re in a period of expansion in terms of the number of different solutions available, but I predict some contraction, rationalization and consolidation will occur before too long. Loggly, New Relic And Our Connected Services Future 2014-04-14T16:53:00Z |
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