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Rather than simply voicing my concerns about America’s emotionally underdeveloped society in an article on my blog, I decided it would be more effective to take my message directly to the article’s subject. So I submitted a message to Richard Simmons through his website, contents below. Yeah, I …

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The other day, I mentioned a Facebook initiative intended to protect children from bullying and how I felt that its efforts to modify the behavior of the bullies rather than the victims would ultimately prove ineffective. Well, the recent response to a joke made by George Lopez about Kirstie …

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On the heels of singer Chris Brown’s latest temper tantrum on the set of Good Morning America, I’m left wondering why it is that we don’t bother to teach anger management skills until after the damage has already been done. Fortunately, the only thing harmed this time was a …

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I found a news article today about a woman in California who was arrested for encouraging a fight between her son and another boy. Police were able to identify her because the incident was caught on camera by one of the other kids and posted online. Throughout the …

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News of celebrity donations and fundraising efforts in response to the catastrophes in Japan have been steadily reported over the last few days, including a $1 million donation made by the ever-graceful Sandra Bullock. These various accounts prompted my recollection of a blog I randomly encountered several weeks ago …

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When I first read about the stunning absence of looting activity following the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, my curiosity was instantly piqued. And despite its seemingly aberrant nature, I figured that I would be able to quickly identify the causal factors without too much effort. However, …

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I’m going to mix things up today and try to keep my mouth shut for a change. You may have already seen this elsewhere and given it your consideration, but I feel the potential revelations which could come from pondering this make it worth reposting:
Amid all the tragedy by …

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A few days ago, I read an article at CNN.com about a White House-supported initiative by Facebook to protect teens and younger children from bullying. The basic idea is that a tool will be made available to users by which they can report “troubling content” to people of authority, …

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Japan was rocked by an 8.9-magnitude earthquake early this morning, followed by a devastating tsunami. In the news reports that are following, one of the recurring themes seems to be the striking collectedness with which the Japanese people are dealing with the situation. One report came from an …