Confronting Worldview Panic

Very few things threaten people more than having their worldview challenged. And when something arises that threatens their worldview, the first reaction is to destroy it.We see this with Hurricane Carter. Since he was a child he was seen as a dangerous individual. What made...

Worldview Panic and Barack Obama

There are no more vicious reactions than is found in people who are seeing their worldview being threatened. When one believes that only Christian nuclear families can produce successful people, a person who does not come from a Christian nuclear family who becomes successful...

Amazing Judge Rotenberg Center shock victim complaint

The Canton, MA Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) "specializes" in aversive (pain) "treatment" for the disabled and juvenile delinquent community and many people have tried to closed to house of torture over the years.Below is a letter addressed to Nancy R. Weiss, Director,...

Rebellion, Government and Real Offenders

The situation facing people who are in dissent is paradoxical. In places where they have the most reason to rebel, they have the least freedom to rebel; whereas in places where they have the most freedom to rebel there is least reason to rebel. In Muslim, right-wing Christian...

The 20mph revolution

Millions of UK drivers face lower speed limits as new laws sweep the country. Motorists could soon face reduced speed limits as new research by The Independent suggests that more than a third of local...

Narcissus and Chamomile

Narcissus and chamomile look a lot alike; but their character is very different. Narcissus is firmly self-centered; chamomile is compassionate and soft. Together they make one task complete: Finding and sharing the water.Narcissus finds his way to the water - which,...

The Triple Human Nature

What human nature is and what it isn't has been a subject of much debate through the times, and it should be. We see in people capacities for all sorts of things. I am looking at the issue from the standpoint of simple rationality, and that is: A being that exists as himself,...

Innovator and Bureaucrat

The innovator and the bureaucrat are frequently hostile to one another. There is a reason why. The innovator thinks for himself. He has to; it is his intelligence - as distinct from that of another - that makes it possible for him to innovate. The bureaucrat thinks party...

"Human Emotions": Good or Bad?

Someone described Ayn Rand as a sociopath for supposedly not having regular human emotions. The problem with that claim is what regular human emotions are described to be. There are some emotions that appear to be naturally human - such as loving one's children and one's...

Voices of Professions

Businessman - You are all losers, but I am going to pretend that I like you because it makes good business. Engineer - Only engineers do anything useful. Everyone else is stupid or insane. Salesman - I'll make you like me so that you buy my product. Don't mistake my...

Communitarianism and Creeping Totalitarianism

Business entities, from single proprietorships to giant corporations, are made accountable to the public through the mechanism of competition from other companies, as well as through scrutiny by media and law. The government entities are made accountable to the public through...

From Relativism to Absolute Perception

The relativistic idea of multiplicity of perspectives can give way to an absolute understanding through computation of these perspective. Of whatever the perspective is a function can be known and mathematically represented. Then the statements made by the people involved...

Integrative Conception of Human Being

The deeper problem with religions such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and  Buddhism is that the spirituality is seen as divorced from physicality, which leads to similar separation in social reality. The people with spiritual inclinations go into monasteries or...

Anger Management Techniques for Children, Women, Moms, Adults

Anger Management Techniques children, women, moms, adults, young childrens, youth, men, teachers, teenagers, students. From rude drivers to anonymous hackers to co-workers that make your job harder than it should be, it seems that everyone is getting on your nerves and you're...

Los Angeles City Council Passes Meatless Monday Resolution

Anti-Established in 2003, The Counter® is the 21st century’s bold answer to the classic burger joint. Ushering in a fresh era of industrial decor, today’s music, cold beer, unique wines, cocktails, and...

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