Category Archives: ignorance

The ‘new normal’

Years ago, during my last therapy session with a well-known psychiatrist, I asked her if she had ever known a “normal” person. She looked puzzled, and slightly annoyed. “I mean someone who has no neuroses, no issues, needed no therapy?” … Continue reading

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Headlines that sell “news”

We are all potential victims of those who make a living at others’ expense.  They might argue that they have a right to profit regardless of consequences, that if you are a victim, it’s because of your own ignorance.  I’m thinking … Continue reading

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Values are everything…

Every little choice has a value — a positive or negative value.  Maybe it’s a little ‘obsessive-compulsive’, but I do have a tendency to see all human behaviour through a filter of ‘values’.  In other words, the world will be … Continue reading

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Wright used Rhetoric! Rhetoric, you boobs!

What an outcry about a little rhetoric!  That’s how I would describe Rev. Wright’s passionate sermon. (try this link: http://www.youtube.com/user/UCCtruths) Everything he said had some truth in it, if you know anything about U.S. history.  It was designed to wake … Continue reading

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