Anger is a response to a perceived or actual injustice. If you believe somebody acted in a wrong way (by some standard of “wrong”), and could/should have made a different choice, then you will likely feel angry. Anger can be … Continue reading
Jews are being urged to flee France, and head to Israel as Islamic totalitarianism gains a stronger footing in France, and elsewhere — with the leaders seemingly helpless to do anything about it. Under the reigning ideology of multiculturalism, it … Continue reading
Former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski says the United States should reconsider whether satire should be protected free speech in light of the terrorist attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. “We have to take a look more closely … Continue reading
The [London] Daily Telegraph reports the following: Muslim places of worship in two French towns were fired upon overnight, leaving no casualties, prosecutors said on Thursday. Three blank grenades were thrown at a mosque shortly after midnight in the city … Continue reading
Police hunted Thursday for two heavily armed men, one with possible links to al-Qaida, in the methodical killing of 12 people at a satirical newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Muhammed. The prime minister said the possibility of a new attack … Continue reading
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are. — Joseph Campbell
A few decades ago, there used to be a saying that a law-and-order conservative was a formerly soft-on-crime liberal — who had recently been mugged. The idea was that the tendency to not hold criminals responsible for their actions disappeared … Continue reading
I frequently hear the phrase “white privilege” bandied about as if it’s a self-evident truth. Yet nobody ever asks what it means. That, to me, seems more interesting than anything intended or implied by the phrase itself. Latest example: LET … Continue reading
“Now he [Obama] needs to talk to us. And that’s good, because when the American people elect divided government they’re not saying they don’t want anything done,” the new U.S. Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell (a Republican) said. “What they … Continue reading
In yesterday’s column, I wrote that love does not really require work — or the miserable sacrifices so many people claim. I received some interesting responses. One reader wrote: Good relationships require some self-sacrificial love. If the balance is off … Continue reading
Is your romantic relationship or marriage, on the whole, smooth and effortless? Or is there a constant sense of walking on eggshells, and trying not to offend the other? It’s a myth that good relationships take constant work. They don’t. … Continue reading
“Is this normal?” “Am I normal?” Psychotherapists hear this question all the time. The question is based upon a flawed premise and a flawed definition. Normal is not a substitute for “rational.” Normal refers to a statistical concept—essentially, to what … Continue reading