Why Study History at All? At first we might think that since we live in the present and should only care for the future, why study the past? It seems that the justification for studying history is not as definable … Continue reading →
PUBLISHING FALSE RESULTS IN MEDICINE: SPURIOUS, DISCOVERY AND VERIFICATION FINDINGS ABSTRACT The author attempts to review the material on medical research and sales promotion of drugs. The era chosen is 2004 to 2022. Year after year the information is roughly … Continue reading →
CORPORATIONS THAT WE HAVE COME TO MISTRUST _________ (2005) THE ECONOMIST/ 12/24/ 92 TOP 3 NET POSITIVE RANKS Restaurants 50% Computers 47% Farming 45% BOTTOM 3 NET NEGATIVE RANKS Health Care -18% Law – 20% Oil & Gas -42%
Continue reading →COMIC BOOKS NOW HIT MAINSTREAM MARKETS Hsu, Caroline (2005) “A grown up Charlie Brown” U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT, 3/21, 60-62. At one time, comic books were for kids. The books were about spurious fiction that told exciting stories with … Continue reading →
Bright, H. and J. Anser (2016) 201 Weird True Facts, New York: Fine Communications This little book is about popular psychology. Every discipline has its shortcomings and that is also true of psychology. Many other behavioral methodologies are cross culture … Continue reading →
Bennetts, Leslie (2007) THE FEMININE MISTAKE: ARE WE GIVING UP TOO MUCH?, New York: Hyperion Publishers, 350 pages. This is Leslie Bennetts, a professional writer’s contribution to the Mommy Wars of the 80’s and early 90’s. Although the book is … Continue reading →
BANGING THE BOTS He is everywhere and yet he blends with the crowd. Bangers are found on high school campuses, fraternity houses, and dorms. (Orenstein) Imagine a kegger. It is all male. They are watching hard core porn, and drinking … Continue reading →
ARE YOU SHY? Kluger, Jeffery (2005) Secrets of the shy TIME, 4/4, 51-52. Individuals who are shy generally find being around other people painful. About half of this behavior is genetic and the other half learned from the daily encounters … Continue reading →
A WOMEN CAN RAPE A MAN Years ago, a colleague and myself gave a paper at a criminal justice convention. The reaction from the group was this. It was overly bad and insensitive. It would give fodder that any kind … Continue reading →
SOCIALVIBES/AN OLD MOVIE/56THST.COM I was sitting in my study feeling comfortable and fell upon a station with an old movie. It was one of those days where inside felt better than outside, but not by much. As I watched the … Continue reading →