This is beside the point of this post in The Corner, but would you take a look at this:

Despite a general bias in our field toward thinking that self-esteem is important, meta-analysis has suggested that self-esteem is not so important (there’s a small correlation between happiness and self-esteem, and little else).

Science catches up to the Bible again. Didn’t Jesus say something like, “Deny yourself, take up your cross daily and follow me”?