Free Will III: Three More Arguments!
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/Monday, April 3, 2017 Pasadena, California Dear Readers, I remain haunted by Sam Harris’ book Free Will. Arguments against his strict determinism... Read More
Preliminary Thoughts on Inter-Connectedness
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anarchism, Brahman, denial, depression, disavowal, dissociation, EPA, exploration, Heraclitus, imagination, integration, invisible-hand, laws, Logos, marriage, Milesians, neurobiology, pollution, regulations, sadness, Tao, taxes, Trump, walls
///Glendale, California Saturday, April 1, 2017 Heya Readers, Once you begin delving into philosophy, you face immediate choices. You likely want some... Read More
Free Will II: You Own Your Thoughts, Kinda
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Pasadena, California Thursday, March 30, 2017 Dear Lovely Readers, I remain marginally obsessed by thoughts about free will. I keep mentally running... Read More
Trump, the EPA, and Dis-Integration
Tuesday, March 28, 2017 Pasadena, California Dear Readers, Today Donald Trump headed out to EPA headquarters to begin his plan to dismantle... Read More
Alcoholism, Dissociation, and the Russian Protests
Pasadena, California Monday, March 27, 2017 Dear Readers, Imagine the guts of Alexei Navalny, the anti-corruption activist in Russia who organized the... Read More
Global Citizenship and the Problem of Russia
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Glendale, California Sunday, March 26, 2017 Dear (Hopefully) Increasing Number of Readers, I had planned to write about the idea of global... Read More
Scary Questioning of Free Will — Part I
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Glendale, California Saturday, March 25, 2017 Oh Lovely Readers, I reacted with immense sadness—lasting several days—after finishing Sam Harris’ book, Free Will.... Read More
Psychotic Denial, Transparency, and the US Healthcare System
Pasadena, California Tuesday, March 21, 2017 My Dear Readers, One of the lovely elements of practicing psychoanalytic psychotherapy in a private practice... Read More
The “Mind” of the Trump Budget: Shame on All of Us
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Saturday, March 18, 2017 Glendale, California Dear Readers, Having spent more than three decades providing depth psychotherapy, I’ve observed a few universals... Read More
The Present Moment: An Ineffable Truth
Seattle, Washington Friday, March 10, 2017 Dear Readers, Such an unbelievable cliche, I know. Traveling up here to visit my youngest, now... Read More