Psychology and Religion

There are people involved in therapies of different kinds who believe it impossible to be a good person except through application of their therapies. This is as ridiculous as the Christians stating it impossible to be a good person except through Christ. There have been...

Personal Change and Personality Psychology

Personal change can go in any number of directions, from improvement to degradation to a mix. There are however workable technologies for positive personal change. If the interest is to become, say, more compassionate, or more tolerant, or more organized, or more...

Hitler comparisons gone wrong

One direction in which the lessons learned from Second World war has been taken is that of seeing Adolf Hitler as the epitome of evil, and of using it to claim that everything that Hitler did was evil and should be seen as evil when found in anyone else. Like most others, I...

The Boon of Clean Energy

What many people do not understand about clean energy is that it is a major economic boon to any country that would embrace it. The clean energy technologies - wind power, solar power, coal sequestration, hydrogen engines, sun-beam technology - are all brain-intensive,...

When selecting a president, look for biases

President Nixon is well known for letting it all hang out. He did this because he was self-confident, arrogant, all powerful, and didn’t give a damned what people thought. If that’s what you want in a...

The Karachi mix

"Go to any bazaar in Karachi, particularly in one of its older areas, like Saddar, and soon the metropolitan character of the city will start to unfold in front of your eyes… A child with hair as golden as the...

Authoritarian Upbringing, Indulgent Upbringing, and Clarity

The purveyors of the authoritarian model of raising children like to claim that indulgent upbringing breeds criminals and monsters. The purveyors of the indulgent model of raising children like to claim that authoritarian upbringing breeds violent people who cannot...

Yugoslavia and Political Correctness

Tito's Yugoslavia was widely regarded as the best country in the Communist bloc. With a standard of living sufficient for it to be included in Organization of Economically Developed Countries, an infrastructure adequate for it to host Olympic Games, universal high-quality...

Oil Character and Clean Energy Character

The basis of the economy percolates through all levels of human activity to become the basis of the character of the people in the economy, which then becomes the character of the societies and policies that the people create. In the same way as the Roman Empire built itself...

Gordon Ramsay Becomes Animated Character On TV Show

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay gets another television show. The upcoming show will be animated, half an hour long, and will try to capture the "essence" of Ramsay and have fun with it. Gordon Ramsay, At Your...

Beauty Contests Bastions of Commitment to Principles & Integrity?

SHANNA MOAKLER RESIGNS FROM POST AS MISS CALIFORNIA PAGEANT DIRECTOR Just one day after learning that Carrie Prejean will keep her Miss California crown, state pageant director Shanna Moakler resigned. According...

Happy Birthday Twitter! It's three years old today

The latest social media craze, Twitter, is turning three years old today. According to CEO Jack Dorsey, Twitter turns three at exactly 1:02PM California time. The social media platform, that allows you to 'tweet'...

Actor shot in the head by loaded gun during rehearsal

An 81-year old man is recovering in hospital today after he was shot in the head by a fellow actor during rehearsal. The gun was supposed to be a prop, but actually belonged to a fellow cast member and turned out...

What's more important what you know or who you know?

Through out my life I have come across people that name and association drop, in my early adult life I must admit it impressed me. That’s because I did not know or mix with important people or belong to any...

Top Twenty Five (25) Best Selling Video Games Of All Time

"Top Twenty Five (25) Best Selling Video Games Of All Time Video Gaming is a multi-billion dollar industry where over two (2) billion video game titles have been sold. Below, we examine the top twenty five best selling video games of all...

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