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7-26-24 Letting Others Be (click here to read)
7-18-24 The Attempted Assassination (click here to read)
7-24 The Supreme Court and Personal Bias (click here to read)
10-15 A Psychological View of Morality and Ethics (click here to read)
1-24-24 The Psychological Meaning of College Football (click here to read)
5-22-23 Why Do We Have So Many More Enemies Lately? (click here to read)
5-17-23 Instincts and the Fate of the Human Race (click here to read)
5-1-23 Political Violence Is Increasing In Our Society (click here to read)
12-3-22 Responding Adaptively to Populism (click here to read)
11-24-22 Criteria for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Cultures (click here to read)
7-22-22 The Paradox of Unconditional Love (click here to read)
8-21-22 Gun Violence in America: 2022 (click here to read)
3-2-22 War and Leadership Type (click here to read)
2-20-22 Taking Responsibility For Your Mind (click here to read)
2-15-22 Ambivalence About Our Sexual Bodies (click here to read)
2-8-22 Motivations for War and Other Conflicts (click here to read)
1-27-22 Over-generalization In Our Political Thinking (click here to read)
1-10-22 Contemplation (click here to read)
1-10-22 Essential Differences on Abortion (click here to read)
10-2-21 Issues in the Use of Masks and Vaccines in a Time of Conflict
(click here to read)
9-8-21 The Effect of Differing Approaches to Living on Mask-wearing for COVID (click here to read)
4-21-21 Telling Truth From Lies (click here to read)
3-1-21 Happiness (click here to read)
2-18-21 Basic Psychological Needs as a Means of Understanding Populism
(click here to read)
2-17-21 Unity Via Political Stories (click here to read)
1-15-21 Principles of a Person-Centered (Secular) Ethics (click here to read)
1-12-21 Power/Control Motivation and Helplessness (click here to read)
9-25-20 Electing the Best Qualified Person as President (click here to read)
9-13-20 Jobs For All And Wages For A Decent Life (click here to read)
9-6-20 Helping Children Thrive and Mature (click here to read)
7-22-20 Choosing To Be Who You Want To Be (click here to read)
7-9-20 Democracy’s Participation Requirements (click here to read)
7-9-20 Overcome Racial Inequity Through Self-Esteem And Equality
(click here to read)
7-4-20 Police Safety vs. Citizen Safety (click here to read)
4-7-20 Relation of Philosophical Issues To Real Life (click here to read)
8-16-19 A Social Contract for the United States (click here to read)
7-10-19 A Meditation Before Engaging In Political Discussions
(click here to read)
6-12-19 Questions To Ask Presidential Candidates (click here to read)
4-19-19 Political Parties for Everyone’s Interests (click here to read)
4-19-19 The Importance of Assimilation in Immigration (click here to read)
10-10-18 Three Confounding Concepts in U.S. Politics (click here to read)
6-17-18 World Peace (click here to read)
4-17-18 How To Have Civil and Humane Discussions On Difficult Topics
(click here to read)
3-26-18 Understanding School Shootings (click here to read)
1-19-18 Wealth Inequality (click here to read)
11-22-17 Inner Peace (click here to read)
11-21-17 How We Know What Is Right (click here to read)
9-19-17 How To Have Good Human Relationships (click here to read)
9-15-17 Reality (click here to read)
9-15-17 Acceptance (click here to read)
9-14-17 Self-Awareness (click here to read)
9-14-17 Truth (click here to read)
9-14-17 Truth (click here to read)
9-13-17 The Problem of Difference (click here to read)
9-13-17 Empathy (click here to read)
9-13-17 Contentment as a Goal for One’s Life (or How Much Is Enough?) (click here to read)
9-2-17 Examining and Assessing Your Skills and Attitudes in Relation to
Your Life Outcomes (click here to read)
7-8-17 What Is Not Being Said About Healthcare (and Why)
(click here to read)
5-27-17 Press Contributions To Political Division in the U.S.
(click here to read)
3-21-17 Understanding President Trump (click here to read)
1-4-17 Doing Something About Your Life (click here to read)
12-1-16 How To Make A Fair and Honest Argument (click here to read)
11-19-16 Bringing Society Together (click here to read)
11-4-16 Minimizing War Through An International Alliance
(click here to read)
9-10-16 Electing the Best Qualified Person as President (click here to read)
7-14-16 Globalization Insecurity (click here to read)
7-4-16 Equanimity (click here to read)
6-21-16 Pain, Suffering, and Death In Perspective (click here to read)
5-31-16 Bathroom Politics (click here to read)
5-23-16 A Challenge To All of the World’s Human Beings: Eliminating the
Causes for Conflict and War (click here to read)
5-6-16 Self-Interest Can Subsume and “Explain” Altruism
(click here to read)
1-13-16 Instincts and the Fate of the Human Race (click here to read)
9-24-15 Immigration (click here to read)
9-21-15 Censorship of “Offensive” Speech by Individuals and Groups
(click here to read)
9-13-15 Enhancing Democracy To Improve Government
(click here to read)
9-12-15 Persons Cannot Be Concretely Defined For The Present
Moment Or The Future (click here to read)
7-30-15 A Values Challenge To Fundamentalist Islam
(click here to read)
7-7-15 Key Skills For Living (click here to read)
6-30-15 Questions For An In-Depth Interview (click here to read)
6-30-15 Why Do We Murder? (click here to read)
6-22-15 Limits On Knowing (click here to read)
5-2-15 Competition and Equality (click here to read)
4-1-15 Choosing One’s Ways of Being and Living (click here to read)
3-25-15 As Pogo Said, We Are The Problem (click here to read)
3-23-15 Why Do We Fight Over Beliefs? (click here to read)
3-21-15 Religion and Personal Responsibility (an update)
(click here to read)
2-16-15 What I Believe: An Idealist Deals With Reality
(click here to read)
2-8-15 Religion: Costs and Benefits (click here to read)
2-8-15 Religion (click here to read)
2-7-15 Proposed Limits on Religious Beliefs and the Uses of
Beliefs (click here to read)
10-17-14 Meaning–Finding It and Making It (click here to read)
10-12-14 Counteracting Certain Human Weaknesses By
Choosing Not To Act (click here to read)
10-10-14 Basic Philosophical Questions Useful for Some Psychotherapies (click here to read)
9-28-14 Heroes (click here to read)
8-26-14 What Is “Good,” What Is “The Good,” and What Is “A Good
Life”? (click here to read)
8-6-14 Self-esteem and Security as Determinants of Behavior (click here to read)
8-4-14 Making Thinking Less Aversive (click here to read)
7-9-14 Religion and Personal Responsibility (click here to read)
7-3-14 Equality Is Unnatural (click here to read)
6-14-14 The Problem With “Progress” (click here to read)
4-14-14 Minimizing Nationalism and Sacred Customs as Causes of War (click here to read)