It is rare that I buy magazines. I might buy three a year (my subscription to Rolling Stone doesn’t count — it was a Christmas present). But this month’s Scientific American Mind is a special feature issue on Men and Women. I could not resist its pull. And after only a few pages I’m overflowing with questions. Read the rest of this entry »

Mutuality rather than independence is the chief characteristic of human life, whatever wed like to believe. @The School of Life : On Mutuality

You get the politicians you deserve.  Arguing over “cutting spending” polarizes Americans because that soundbite is contentless, but elicits a strong emotional response not to a plan but about an imagined recipient (welfare abusers, etc.)  This kind of a debate is an addictive drug. @The Last Psychiatrist: Wrong About Obama II