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Humiliation can spiral to the point that it haunts us. Emotions, at their core, are bodily states of arousal. It is bodily arousal over which one has no direct control that makes the obsession painful and compulsive.
Jim Selman | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living
Positive thinking tends to tranquilize us into a 'good feeling' about the future and blinds us to the facts of a given situation. We think our points-of-view are true -- that our 'will' can determine what happens.
Anne Naylor | Posted 06.30.2009 | Living
"There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread."--Mother Teresa Summer, and it is the wedding season. I have the pleasu...
Danny Groner | Posted 06.26.2009 | Media
As a society, we tend to accept that texting has gone overboard with the even larger technological craze. As tough as it is to scale back, it's even tougher to convince others to.
Anne Naylor | Posted 05.19.2009 | Living
Twitter has me hooked - up to a certain point. This reminds me of the famous, good-looking Antiguan cricketer who, when asked if he was married, told me: up to a point.
Lennard Davis | Posted 05.01.2009 | Living
If you need an economic stimulus, you could well give yourself a sizable rebate by forswearing skin care products.
Darryl Roberts | Posted 11.21.2008 | Entertainment
The proposed MTV show, Model Maker aimed to take 15 young women and turn them into high fashion models by forcing them to lose weight. Sounds disturbing, doesn't it?
Greg Mitchell | Posted 10.29.2008 | Media
The Oregonian today distributed to its Portland area subscribers, as paid advertising, the controversial DVD titled Obsession that raises alarms about...
Greg Mitchell | Posted 10.16.2008 | Media
The Greensboro News & Record in North Carolina's longtime editor, John Robinson, explained his reasoning in a column yesterday.
Erik Ose | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics
Funding is coming from a New York-based group called the Clarion Fund, a supposed 501 c(3) non-profit that this week featured an article supporting John McCain on its website.
Denise Dennis | Posted 10.11.2008 | Home
Aimed at voters in the battleground states the week of September 11, the film is more than a scare tactic or a campaign ploy. It smacks of classic propaganda, boosted by the authority of the Times brand.
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Thomas Scheff | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living