Being Better Consumers

Being Better Consumers

By Ross Bishop The corporations who control society are not interested in doing anything about the situation because encouraging the consumer lifestyle is the source of their livelihood! So the responsibility falls to us to do something about it. Whether we will accept that challenge remains to be seen. Arundhati Roy wrote, "The corporate revolution will collapse ifRead more

Dealing With Gun Violence

Dealing With Gun Violence

Violence is an issue mankind has been wrestling with since Cain slew Abel. We are certainly not as violent a people as we were even a short time ago, but developments in technology have given today’s individual a killing power unknown in human history. We must, if we are to remain a civilized society, take steps to controlRead more

Depression: Part I

Depression is the most prominent psychological disorder in the western world. Depression originates as a socially driven condition. In the U.S. about 10 million people suffer from significant depression each year and the numbers are increasing substantially. In 2014 depression was 24% greater than it was in 1999. People born since 1945 are 10 times more likely toRead more