As a social worker and someone who has invested a great deal of time, effort and finances into psycho-therapy, I have to believe that dysfunctional thinking that leads to unhappiness, anxiety and destructive behavior can with the right therapy and therapist, be reconfigured. Read More »

Rick Santorum is always prepared to inform us of God’s will. By definition, religious fundamentalists genuinely believe that their take on God and humanity is the ultimate truth. That might be an emotionally satisfying place to be for someone of limited sophistication and intellect, but its a very dangerous place to be if you are politician. Read More »

Not sure if texting while doing other things is all that dangerous? Canadians tuned into the CBC nightly news this past Wednesday evening, may have stopped paying attention to the official who was talking about government budget challenges when a woman walking up behind him fell flat on her face. Read More »

R. Kelly wrote this song for Whitney Houston some time ago. He no doubt never imagined that he might someday be asked to sing “I Look to You,” at her funeral. The words, the music, the emotions he is obviously experiencing, make this a truly sacred, remarkable moment. . Read More »

Can you think of a reason why women should be included in a discussion on women’s health issues? Republican can’t. Some moments in history capture the values, attitudes, prejudices and sophistication of people definitively. Former speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi just posted this photo and comment on her Facebook page. Read More »

I honestly can’t recall ever having read an opinion piece by an author I consider to be a brilliant, thoughtful, level-headed, spiritual person whom I enjoy Rabbi David Wolpe learning from, and wondering: What the heck is going on with him ? In a Read More »

A few of the beautiful kids we’ve lost to bullying, fear and loneliness in the last 18 months. Since I started writing an online column a couple of years ago, I’ve become sensitized to the disturbing number of LGBT teens who take their own lives after years of physical and emotional abuse by family members and their peers. Read More »

Hearing a Republican legislator speak so eloquently and emotionally about marriage equality, gives renewed hope to our political process. GOP and Catholic Washington State Lawmaker Maur… , posted with vodpod . Read More »

The Presidential Campaign of former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich doesn’t engage in fraud or illegal acts; they just makes “mistakes. Read More »

In an effort to encourage ridership, the Flemish transport company, De Lijn, has come up with a few hysterical TV commercials. These were obviously prepared for the English-speaking world to enjoy. http: //youtu.be/mgCIKGIYJ1A http: //youtu.be/LuVPnW0s3Vo (thnx DV!) . Read More »

For a little more than 4 years, I lived in Henderson, NV, a suburb of Las Vegas. I still have vivid memories of 2 unpleasant encounters. with Henderson police that suggested that their screening procedures for hiring emotionally mature, stable people as well as their training program, were both in need of adjustments. Read More »

While Barack Obama would probably be able to defeat the always flip-flopping Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum’s surprising win in 3 Republican primaries yesterday raises the delightful specter of a Presidential campaign that would be more about core values, beliefs and convictions than which man gives the best speech who has the cleverest commercials. Read More »

Documentary producer Josh Fox being arrested last week for trying to film a House Hearing on fracturing. Read More »

Planned Parenthood’s new “abortionplex” will have a shopping mall, movie theaters and a nightclub. If you believe that, you too must be conservative Republican. I’m not sure who said it, but there is certainly some validity of truth in the adage, “Not all conservatives are stupid, but most stupid people are conservative. Read More »

Do you think that slavery would have been abolished in this country without Lincoln’s, Emancipation Proclamation? Do you think that all the Jim Crow laws that barred African-Americans from living as free and equal citizens of this country would have Read More »

Until today, I would have said that if you want to see how ignorant people have defiled the Jewish people and Judaism, read about the Shoah, the Holocaust. I’ll let the renown author and educator, Jay Michaelson tell the rest of this story. Read More »

This photo was posted to Facebook with the caption that indicated that the soldier was Israeli and the child, Palestinian. The Israeli newspaper, Haaretz is reporting that in a calculated effort to give the State of Israel a proverbial black-eye, Wesley Muhammad elected to post this picture to his Facebook page with a misleading caption. Read More »

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair, Republican Ed Whitfield. Anyone who needs proof of how the 1% who control much of the wealth in this country, use the Republican Party to advance their agenda and stifle any opposition to their greedy Read More »

  Unable to force the Supreme Court to reverse Roe vs. Wade, anti-abortion/ pro-lifers have been introducing legislation on the state level to make it more difficult and unpleasant for women to terminate a pregnancy by way of the legal procedure. The Roanoke Times is reporting that the Virginia State Senate is considering a bill proposed by Sen. Read More »

Ferris Bueller…oops, no I mean Matthew Broderick…you know, the husband of the “Sex in the City” lady. Ferris is back!! Honda’s Super Bowl commercial featuring everyone’s favorite hooky-player hit the net today. And though it’s just commercial, life move incredibly fast! You better catch it. . Read More »