Shame

Shooting Spree: A Response to Constant Humiliation?

Thomas Scheff | Posted 12.09.2009 | Living


Thomas Scheff

Why do spree shooters kill? Why did Nidal Malik Hasan and other spree shooters murder their victims? One approach would concern emotions involving recursive loops of shame and anger.

Can You Order A Person Not To Be Racist?

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living


Srinivasan Pillay

I have not only come to understand that racial prejudice exists, but I have also come to expect and observe it more than react to it.

Lettuce

Norman Horowitz | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics


Norman Horowitz

My writing is peppered with unconscionable metaphors, and what follows is one of them. I was married for twenty eight years to a mostly wonderful wom...

Getting Over Shame for Father's Day

Bob Morris | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living


Bob Morris

When I stopped by a bookstore outside of Santa Barbara this time last year, the shelves had many titles of interest, except one -- mine. I was too crippled by my own dignity to do anything at all.

Roh's Second New Day

Bernard Rowan | Posted 06.28.2009 | World


Bernard Rowan

The death of Roh Moo-hyun is a call for Koreans on all sides of the political spectrum to limit the influence of money on political candidates and their families.

3 Keys To Higher Love And Restoring Happiness

Anne Naylor | Posted 04.28.2009 | Living


Anne Naylor

"Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a w...

Reading The Pictures: Shaming Detroit (While Wall St. Walks)

Michael Shaw | Posted 01.04.2009 | Media


Michael Shaw

2008-12-05-shaw_auto3.jpgWhat was completely predictable, if thoroughly heavy-handed, was the way the visual media shaped "The Return Of The Auto Executives" into a classic morality play.

"McSame?" Try "McShame"

Ellis Weiner | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics


Ellis Weiner

With Palin we encounter the purest example, in our lifetime, of a candidate whose mere presence on a national ticket demeans and pollutes the very process.

The Shamelessness of the Republican Jewish Coalition

Ira Forman | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics


Ira Forman

The 2008 presidential campaign will be remembered as a year in which the McCain campaign and its GOP supporters reached new depths of cynicism when at...

Sarah Palin Not Hot Like Kimchi

Disgrasian | Posted 10.27.2008 | Entertainment


Disgrasian

New America Media reports that Korean-American voters are not feeling Sarah Palin. One reason for this? They're not impressed by her performance in her most touted role to date--being a Mom.

The Secret Shame of Going Broke

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 10.23.2008 | Living


Lisa Earle McLeod

There's nothing more embarrassing than money. Or rather, the lack of it. People are more willing to talk about their sex lives than they are their f...

Shame On You

Dr. David P. Steinberg | Posted 05.31.2008 | Living

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Dr. David P. Steinberg

Very few emotions are as destructive to the self as shame. When children are raised by authority figures that use shame as a method of teaching or con...