Why are humans so repulsed by the idea that they are animals? Perhaps “Terror Management Theory” can shine some light on this important issue.
When I started this blog in 2006, one idea that motivated me was that human beings simply can’t deal with the idea that they are animals. It seemed to me, based upon [...]
Jon Stewart’s team does a great job of editing George W. Bush speeches from five years ago and from recent days. It does seem to be the same speech.
Consider this earlier post, and the opening lines from the BBC’s terrific documentary: “The Power of Nightmares: The Shadows In The Cave.”
In the past, the power of [...]
Slate asks why Bush hasn’t given up his other amusements. Or maybe Slate is asking what is so damned patriotic about giving up golf. However you frame it, there’s hypocrisy in the air.
I’ve spent a lot of time studying Republican political anatomy. You see, I’m not only an armchair anthropologist, but I’m a social neuro-surgeon (a brand-new expertise, created today). After careful review of all available relevant data, I have developed a precise chart (click on the thumbnail below) detailing each of the major features of the [...]
Is anyone else struck by the irony that Homeland Security so often erodes First Amendment rights? Homeland Security has become obsessed about listening to personal phone calls and seizing people’s cell phones and laptops when they travel. Ironically, there is no security for the victims of gunmen who shoot up college campuses and city council [...]
I haven’t kept up with Pat Buchanan. I noticed a column of Buchanan’s in a brand new publication of columnists called The Cagle Post (this is the same Cagle of Cagle’s Professional Cartoonist Index)
So what does Buchanan think about Guliani’s proposed team to lead the “war on terror”?
Team leader is Charles Hill, a co-signer of [...]
Three months ago. I went to my kids’ school to have lunch with them and sat at a “peanut-free” table. I had seen the signs around school outside various classrooms. I had been made aware of kids’ peanut allergies in school fliers and letters and e-mails when someone in one of the kids’ classes had [...]
I remember in my college days in the late 70’s and early 80’s taking a course in International Law with Professor Jean-Robert Leguey-Feilleux Ph.D. The course included a discussion of terrorism. Dr. Leguey-Feilleux told us one of the issues before the United Nations and the international community was a definition of “terrorism.” The best definition [...]
