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In a book by Oliver James called Affluenza: How to be Successful and Stay Sane, the authorsays that people in the English-speaking world have a psychic void that they fill with material goods. He calls this Affluenza, a virus-like condition that encourages people to define themselves by how much money they make. We have moved …
Straws in the wind. We rent a flat in London to American academics running year or semester-long courses on subjects like English literature or the theatre for American university students. Until 9/11 these courses were usually full, but latterly the number of students has dropped drastically and at least by half. The reason given is …
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“The stridency and uncompromising violence of language increases the further away from scene of the conflict you go. The Palestinians and Israelis who have to live with it all on the ground are tired, dispirited and exhausted. All they want is peace.” Quote from a person of Palestinian origin with whom we were speaking at …
Recently, Attorney General Gonzales testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee and confounded members by making the assertion that habeas corpus was not guaranteed by the Constitution. While Comedy Central’s "Colbert Report" had some fun with the exchange, it’s a very serious matter when the attorney general of the United States of America so …
Peggy Sanday’s study of 186 hunter-gatherer cultures found that when men are involved in the care of their own infants the cultures do not make war. This greater involvement of men with their babies may eventually contribute to a more peaceful world. That thought makes me optimistic. John Gottman Psychologist; Founder of Gottman Institute; Author …
