We have known for some time that violence in the home leads eventually to anti-social behavior. New research is telling us that there is another, seemingly less violent, form of trauma that has an equally devastating impact. That trauma is neglect, and its impacts can be just as devastating as physical violence.
By Ross Bishop The U.S. is at an important crossroads. For years conservatives have sucked the social system dry to support the wealthy and to drive an unholy anti communist, pro-military alliance. But with the infrastructure system in the U.S. screaming for attention and the world transitioning away from fossil fuels, the traditional way of doing things isRead more
There are two major issues that collide regarding gun violence and neither presents a good solution. Together they make for an intractable situation. The two parts are the guns and secondly the people who commit violent acts with them.
Yet, there is another side to this crisis. The pandemic offers us a rare opportunity to re-examine our beliefs and the choices we make around them. The situation offers us the opportunity to stretch and grow in ways that might otherwise take years of personal work.
There is nothing new about conspiracy theories. They have been with us for a very long time. Just since the 1960’s we’ve had The Red Menace, the Kennedy assassination, alien spacecraft, black helicopters, Area 51, the faked moon landing, chemtrails, pizzagate and recently the Jewish space laser and QAnon.