A reader, objecting to my article on how addiction is a choice, makes the following complaints: As a therapist you should know that addiction is generally associated with a disregulation of the reward centers in the brain — i.e., the … Continue reading
Q: How can the budget deficit in the trillions sustain itself? Obama’s reply: It’s Bush’s fault. It’s Congress’ fault. Q: Which Congress? The Pelosi Congress of 2009-10 who passed the trillion-dollar stimulus bill with your promotion and signature? Or the … Continue reading
Newsmax.com reports: Glenn Beck says his family was accosted while watching a movie in a New York City park Monday night. On his radio show and his website today, Beck described the incident and said an angry moviegoer kicked a … Continue reading
Liberal humorist Daniel Kurtzman considers the following 10 quotes by Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann to be “stupid.” Let’s see how stupid they really are. 1. “I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine … Continue reading
Many people assume that mental health is either a matter of medicine or moral weakness. The medicine side assumes that medical treatment will eradicate mental illness, and that’s pretty much all there is to it. The moral side assumes that … Continue reading
First excerpt from Dr. Michael Hurd’s new book, “Bad Therapy, Good Therapy: And How to Tell the Difference”: Dangerous misconception #1: There are cures for all emotional problems. In reality, there are no cures. A ‘cure’ would refer to a … Continue reading
The Wall Street Journal recently reported: “The White House routinely tries to intimidate its health-care critics, but the campaign against McKinsey & Co. is something else. The management consultants attempted to find out how U.S. business will respond to the … Continue reading
Dear Dr. Hurd: You wrote: “Ron Paul betrays these principles in his own way, at least if he really means it when he says he’s by and large against a strong U.S. defense. What good is restoring capitalism and individual … Continue reading
It’s Twilight in America Beyond Freedom and Dignity It’s Not the Economy, Stupid From Each According to His Ability, To Each According to His Political Pull Higher Taxes Now! Laissez-Faire Socialism Hands Off My Government Programs! Don’t Think … Just … Continue reading
If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves. — Carl Jung
Just wanted to applaud you for the article in the (Delaware) Wave, “Be a Child Whisperer”. As a special education teacher, a mother of 3 teens and a big fan of Cesar Millan’s, I found your analogy right on the … Continue reading
A hypocrite is someone who claims agreement with a principle or idea, and in practice displays just the opposite. Hypocrites are different from wishy-washy people. Wishy-washy people don’t know what their principles are; hypocrites do. Hypocrites give principles a bad … Continue reading