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" ... Eddie delivers Clark his present, risking a run-in with the law for his cousin-in-law. But if there is one thing we should never do, it is make life difficult for a one-percenter. Cops show up. Bust the Griswold's house down to rescue. Like Ellen, Shirley's wife knocks some sense into her husband and scolds him for being such a cheap skate. All is well. The one percenters and the 99ers dance to Deck the Halls. The house is a pig style. Clark thinks he sees the Christmas star, but he doesn't. It's just the light of the sewage treatment plant. Ah, but one can dream. Old Aunt Bethany says it best at the end of this holiday disaster gone amazing well. With Santa flying through the air, she sings the Star Spangled Banner and ends it with a Play ball! That's what Clark W. Giswold did that holiday season. He showed up ready to play. And as his last line shows, he did it. ... "
" ... Germany postures itself as the conscience of Europe. Besieged by floods of refugees, Germany takes them in and scolds those who do not. Germany claims to guard European unity against the insidious forces of the nation-state. Germany ridicules the United States for electing a right-wing novice, a real estate developer, no less. It is Germany that stands in the way of Trump’s purported plans to weaken NATO and break apart the European Union. But Germany, the self-declared paragon of European values, finds itself fighting an isolated battle to give Putin’s rogue state its political objectives for the benefit of Germany, Inc. ... "
" ... He scolds derivative, self-referential spirits for being like that annoying guy at the party who talks just to hear his own voice: “If you’re listening to a conversation and you don’t have anything to say, you don’t step in and say something someone just said five minutes ago.” ... "
" ... Here’s the deal. There’s a space somewhere in-between a frustrating situation and your primitive reaction. The key is finding that sweet spot. Imagine someone scolds you on your cell phone, and you hold it away from your ear without reacting. Similarly, when you catch yourself in an unpleasant emotional state—such as anger, worry, or frustration—acknowledge your knee-jerk urge to react and hold it at arm’s length. Observe it from afar just as you might notice a blemish on your hand. ... "
" ... What if you could act more from your thinking brain and react less from your lizard brain in the heat of the moment when your career throws you a curve ball? Now, neuroscientists say you can if you use self-distanced self-talk. It enables you to regulate an internal emotional reaction to an upsetting external event—as if it’s happening to someone else. Imagine someone scolds you on your cell phone, and you hold it away from your ear, listening from afar without reacting. Similarly, suppose you have an urge to yell at your boisterous co-worker one cubicle over or your negative voice bludgeons you after you miss a deadline. Once you’re aware of the inner arousal ready to swoop you up in an emotional loop, it’s possible to acknowledge your knee-jerk urge to react, hold it at arm’s length and observe it with dispassionate curiosity much as you might notice a blemish on your hand. ... "