1. How to fix the American cop.
By Ryan Cooper in The Week
2. Is ending anonymity really the key to restoring civility online?
By J.Nathan Matias at the Coral Project
By Lee Kern in the Hechinger Report
4. Struggling with your New Year’s resolutions? Try being kind to yourself.
By Kristin Neff in The Conversation
5. This is the 401(k) problem we refuse to solve.
By Megan McArdle in Bloomberg View

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