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My Gossip Confession in the Chicago Tribune: Human Nature and Our Need for Happy Endings

Posted on January 30, 2010 by s
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Ok,  so I like gossip. What I don’t like is watching lives unravel. A contradiction? Maybe.

I do know that I have to stop expecting real human beings to produce fairy-tale endings.

I let loose in the Chicago Tribune today.

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