Virginia's Mental Health Circus

After the Virginia Tech tragedy Virginia's public mental health system will be scrutinized. The problems are (1) Mission creep (2) Poor quality control. Unless these problems are addressed, additional funding will be a waste.

Enjoy Summer In A Lightweight Tunic Or Kaftan

Top designers and leading fashion retailers have been touting kaftans and tunics as the light-weight clothing to go for this summer - and it's not hard to see why.

Faith and Freedom America

What is the answer to personal and national problems?

Is the British Royal Family Irrelevant?

The British Royal family have not really kept up with the times, despite being a big tourist earner for Britain. However, should that be their main purpose when they cost so much to maintain?

Why Can't We Just Get Along?

Why are so many of us so angry? What about us, as individuals and as a society, makes us so confrontational, superior and resentful? Could tolerance, moderation and kindness ever overcome arrogance, violence and conflict?

Thank you Cindy Sheehan for a Courageous Battle Fought

It's a pity that Cindy Sheehan has given up her fight against the war in Iraq. She announced this at the end of May, 2007. She officially left the Democratic Party after the Democratic controlled congress passed a bill authorising the continued funding of the war in Iraq. This was after some feeble attempt at opposition.

How Rich Are You?

Ever wonder how you can get a six dollar t-shirt. Is the middle class disappearing? Why is there a third world? How much money do you need in order to be rich?

Has Society Got its Priorities Confused?

People are fretting about the change in values, standards and behavior among the affluent young, but that is all par for the course when you have so much change.

The '7'

This is a story about the Seven Essences. The reader can take it as a figment of my imagination or as truth. Life is free choice. The choice is up to the reader.

Teach Your Children Well

An alarming statistic splashed across the Internet the other day-violent crime is on the rise in the U.S. for the second straight year.

Bush Middle Age - the Misshaping of a President, Part 2

Clearly he held a distorted view of reality, resulting in maladapted behaviours which showed unresolved emotional conflicts and instability. He was a person unsure of who he was and where he fitted into the world.

Peace via Raising Boys With Love

Women, wise up. We can change the world through how we raise our boys. Violence in men is directly related to how they are raised. By choosing to raise our boys with affection and nurture we can change the world. Discover how peace can be won by how we raise our boys.

A Vote to Boycott Israeli Scholars

While the human disaster that is Darfur continues apace, the UCU has nothing to say about Sudanese academics lecturing in British universities. They are quiet also about Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia and Iran. All of their indignation is reserved for one state and one state only - Israel.

The Weight Conversation

Dealing with issues in general is a whole lot to handle, and having to deal, as a young individual, with weight issues capitalizes the sentence a whole lot to handle.