Society

Tonight I introduce a new feature: A recurring seminar on various topics.   The concept is deliberately academic.   I (and others assuming y'all embrace the...

Fifteen year old Erica suffered from depression, suicidal thoughts and self destructive behavior. Her parents sought assistance from doctors in helping their daughter, and it...

OK, let's just get a few things straight. The Teabaggers called themselves teabaggers until someone told them about the Gay meaning of the term.   That...

Our words are what define us as a society, in many ways.  Words may be turned into images, such as plays, or movies, or...

The "Matthew Shepard & James Byrde, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act was signed today by President Obama. This is a great Bill, a long time...

So many things are going on around us without our knowing. For example, I just took a bite of your tuna sandwich. Mmmm...delicious mercury! Below...

As Michael Moore's new film, "Capitalism, A Love Story" is coming out its seems an appropriate time to reflect on the character of American...

We Americans are being very wasteful with our natural resources of emotional energy. This is causing a slew of problems affecting our environment...

Before I start this entry, I would like to take a moment to remember the 9/11 tragedy and its victims during, and after the...

We have come to take for granted that part of life in society is being in debt one's whole life and paying towards that debt one's whole life. Isn't something wrong with that? Do we really need all the "things" we are encouraged to become indebted over? I mean, how often are you using that Thighmaster or that George Foreman grill nowadays?