while researching my recent series on questioning authority i got the idea to write a post about the seminal milgram experiments on obedience to authority.
when i was a psych major back in college part of our learning experience involvedas you might expectstudying psychology experiments. many were of the socalled rat psych variety and some were of a more clinical nature. then much later while gett... [Show More]
this is the first of two posts. the second post will be published on monday.
venice is sinking.
for more than three decades commission after commission a succession politicians scientists business people environmentalists engineers of competing disciplines and even anthropologists have examined and weighed in with various proposals on what to do and how to do it.
for over three decades nothing was... [Show More]
whos got time Post Source: sigmundcarlandalfred.wordpress.com Posted: Dec 27 2007 14:16:30
yesterday in time and time again we noted that significant cultural societal and religious differences may well be attributed to how different groups perceive time and
we see and understand that we ourselves are connected with a part of history. we are part of an interconnected chain with cause and effect relationships. earlier man looked skyward and understood his primary relationship was with th... [Show More]
time and time again Post Source: sigmundcarlandalfred.wordpress.com Posted: Dec 26 2007 13:28:04
under the skin are we all really the same or are we all really very different from each other can we be both the same and different all at once is that really possible
these questions are being asked and discussed because we are dealing with these very issues in our work. the answers if there are conclusive answers have a direct bearing on how we both perceive and address the various issues we fac... [Show More]
a succinct headline in the washington times summed it up nicely antiwar protesters echo vietnam. the accent is on the word echoas in a distant fainter repetition.
the antiiraq war demonstrations in dc over this weekend were selfconsciously and purposefully designed to mimic the protests of yesteryear. but like all retro fashions they didnt quite resemble the originals.
approximately forty yea... [Show More]
im still on a bit of a leonard cohen kick as well as a youtube fling.
stay with me here though this isnt just about cohen.
as gerard vanderleun has noted cohen has an even darker side than the one i pointed outwhich was already dark enough to be sure but with its redemptive qualities.
follow the above link to a video of cohen performing his very disturbing song the future. while pondering... [Show More]
the democratic leadership in congress seems to be proceeding right on schedule with the slow bleed technique against the prosecution of the iraq war. after a somewhat tepid reception for their antiwar resolutions theyve got a new plan a timeline for the return of the troops by early 2008.
never mind two blatantly obvious facts 1 such a timeline is a consummation devoutly to be wished for the enem... [Show More]
yesterday i wrote about those who purposely place childrens lives in jeopardy in war.
but children and young people also die accidently and not only in war. witness the twin tragedies two schools have just endured.
this morning a bus carrying the baseball team from mennoniteaffiliated bluffton university in ohio fell off a bridge killing four students as well as the bus driver and his wife. an... [Show More]
part i saving them is here.
children are the future of any society. this makes them a doubleedged sword since most cultures are devoted to the protection and nurturance of their own children most societies are uniquely vulnerable when those children are threatened and therefore children can become effective weapons tools and hostages.
today we see an increasing number of children used as soldie... [Show More]
i used to play the cello.
well perhaps play is too strong a word. i was chosen for the instrument no thats not a typo i was chosen for it rather than the reverse in fifth grade at the public elementary school i attended in new york back when all such schools had numbers instead of names.
they tested us to see who had some musical aptitude and for what instrument. some of these tests were pret... [Show More]
apologies for the delay but part ii of democracy its spread and the neocons will be coming tomorrow.
commenter tc asserts in yesterdays thread on neocons and democracy that neocons lie for strategic reasons and that paul wolfowitz actually admitted to lying to the american people about the reasons for the iraq war
you might recallthat it was paul wolfowitzs own admission that the wmd story was s... [Show More]
i went out dancing the other night.
no not ballet. my ballet days are over im afraid.
and no most assuredly not the tango. my tango days are over im very happy to say.
this was dancing to the music of the 50s 60s 70s and 80s. golden oldies silver oldies brass oldies tin oldies. the music of that last decade the 80s is a bit unfamiliar to me. but the rest of the songs rang a bunch of pleasan... [Show More]
those of you whove followed the continuing saga of my 93year old mother yes she just had a birthday know that she moved back to ny in midnovember. so hows it going so far
well she hates it.
but shes happy.
and if that seems to be a contradictioni think i can explain.
my mother complains about the place she lives in. not her room that she admits is beautifulh ighceiling ed and airy and light andw... [Show More]
as i wrote yesterday in part i neoconhatred is sometimes connected with poorlyveiled antisemtism. but there are many other reasons that some people on both left and right hate neocons. this post will of necessity contain many generalizations i dont mean to say that all on the left or right hate neocons or even that all neoconhaters are motivated by the factors im about to discuss.
on the right ... [Show More]
neocons believe that the spread of liberal democracydemocracy with safeguards for human rights and libertieswould be of general benefit to the us to the citizens of the countries involved and to the world.
although im sure there are some exceptions most neocons also believe that the spread of liberal democracy to countries that have not known it before or that knew it only briefly andor erratical... [Show More]
weekend update Post Source: www.blogpi.net Posted: Feb 11 2007 00:27:29
the iraq warsupporting and opposing halves of the political blogosphere dont agree on much but one thing they do have in common is an abiding mistrust or distrust of the mainstream media especially when the subject is iraq.
this lack of trust often begets outright derision sometimes even overt attempts at and references to comedic entertainment. today as juxtaposed at memeorandum the washington p... [Show More]
neocons are the folks so many people love to hate. and hate to love.
to many neocon has become an epithet. and this was true quite some time before the iraq war.
some of the people using the term that way havent any real idea of what a neocon stands for. some have an idea but its vague andor incorrect. and no doubt some who hate neocons know quite well what they stand for.
one of the thin... [Show More]
giulianis no cary grant who by the way did not actually say judy judy judyin any movie. but nevertheless to an electorate starved for somebody to love hes got a certain rough charm.
john podhoretz thinks hat tip pajamas media that rudy might just be able to capture the republican nomination for president in 2008 although that headline john seems to be a case of bad timing surely right stuff cant... [Show More]
im trying to make it through everyone on this 2000 bloggers idea. its going to take me a while to check them all out but since i took part in it i want to make an effort to check them out. im starting at the top and just working my way left to right and then the next row. plus by putting it on my site i have a quick way to find it again.
this is more then what some people call link baiting. its a... [Show More]
just about like this
the public generally underappreciates that climate models are not meant for reducing our uncertainty about future climate which they really cannot but rather they are for increasing our confidence that we understand the climate system in general says michael bauer a climate modeler at nasas goddard institute for space studies in new york.
in general the simpler a system is a... [Show More]
just for fun Post Source: www.johnsonteamrealestate.com Posted: Jan 24 2007 00:06:05
i ran across a blogger tino buntic who decided to make a page with 2000 bloggers he doesnt care what kind of blog he just wants 2000 blogs. anyone can request that theirs be added but they have to have a photo on their blog that he can use for the site.
so just for fun below are all the photos and links to the bloggers that are taking part so far see if you can find the one for the johnson team i... [Show More]
2000 bloggers Post Source: intricateart.com Posted: Jan 22 2007 14:32:34
if youre a blogger and youre not part of the 2000 bloggers project yet go on and do it im there can you find me
ill be sure to update this once its reached 2000. thanks to tino buntic for putting this project together
copyright 2007 artist by nature blog original oil paintings art by leanne wildermuth. this feed is for personal noncommercial use only. if you are no... [Show More]
it seems that what we are dealing with is a religion of the perpetually paranoid rather than a religion of peace.
this week our 4 mental health professionals neoneocon dr. sanity shrinkwrapped and siggy analyze the irrational islamic reaction to the speech of pope benedict about the importance of reason in religion.
play or download the sanity squad on pope benedicts speech and islamic react... [Show More]
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