Dead or Alive: W.D. Ehrhart on War and Peace
September 1st, 2012
By Jan Barry We are the ones you sent to fight a war You didn’t know a thing about. Those of us who lived Have tried to tell you what went wrong… (from “A Relative Thing”) The expanding bookshelf of works by W.D. Ehrhart—20 books, at last count—started with a ticked off Marine who barely […]
Articles written by Jan Barry
Tags: books, literature, poetry, teacher, veterans, Vietnam, W.D. Ehrhart, war
Categories: Life, Military, Politics | Comments (0) | Home
Why Inspirational Talks Don’t Work
September 7th, 2011
By Dr. Jim Taylor Have you ever listened to an inspirational talk, for example, The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch? Have you ever read an inspirational book such as Born to Run? Or watched an inspirational film like Hoosiers? How do you feel after? Well, inspired, right? What a great feeling! You’re fired up and […]
Articles written by Dr. Jim Taylor
Tags: books, effectiveness, film, inner, inspiration, motivation, speeches
Categories: Education, Life, Science | Comments (1) | Home
Three Words for Better Parenting
May 2nd, 2011
By Dr. Jim Taylor I have a confession to make: I wrote my first two parenting books before I had children. Is this a great country or what, where you can become an “expert” at something you have never done before (of course, I had worked with families for many years in my practice)? I […]
Articles written by Dr. Jim Taylor
Tags: books, calm, children, family life, parenting, persistence, tough
Categories: Education, Life, Science | Comments (0) | Home
Is the Self-help Industry a Fraud?
April 18th, 2011
By Dr. Jim Taylor Change. Whether you call it self-help, personal transformation, growth, or just plain change, it is a goal to which virtually everyone aspires. Gaining self-esteem, losing weight, improving relationships, achieving success, getting rich, or finding happiness are just a few of the ways in which people the world over want to alter […]
Articles written by Dr. Jim Taylor
Tags: books, CD, change, DVD, fraud, guru, industry, personal growth, self-help
Categories: Education, Life, Science | Comments (1) | Home
Authors
Recent Posts
- Opinion Forum Is No Longer Posting New Articles
- Government Needs to Get Bigger. Quickly.
- Cognitive Biases Are Bad for Business
- Hail to the Chief! Of What?
- Obama and Islamists Unite to End Abuse of Women
- David Axelrod Is Right: Government Is Too Big and Uncontrollable
- Does Modern Academia Encourage Unthinking Acceptance of Authority?
- The White House Did NOT Change Any Benghazi Talking Points!
- Trust – but Verify – Governmental Statements and Actions
- What Do Young People Say About Their Relationship with Technology?
- A Somewhat Balanced Article at the Daily Pest?
- Dr. Benjamin Carson – Two Inspiring Videos About our Next President?
- Red Lines, Syria and Incompetence
- The Good Guys are Losing. Why?
- Freedom Can Be Taken. When Inherited or Otherwise Given, Does It Last?
- How Do We Humans Ever Make Good Decisions?
- Libruls and Progressives vs. Liberals
- Boston Bombing Suspects: Grassroots Militants from Chechnya
- China and North Korea: A Tangled Partnership
- What Me Worry?: Why Worrying Does More Harm Than Good
- Happy Birthday, Kim Il-sung
Categories
Archives
Meta
Blogroll
- BLACKFIVE
- Booman Tribune
- Clarissa's Blog
- Crooked Timber
- Crooks and Liars
- Crossroads Arabia
- Daily Kos
- Dan Miller's Blog
- Democratic Underground
- Dr. Jim Taylor's Blog
- EarthAirWater
- Global Voices Online
- Henry David Thoreau’s Blog
- Hot Air
- Instapundit
- Iowahawk
- Jack Jacobs
- Jan Barry
- Little Green Footballs
- Michelle Malkin
- Newsvine Politics
- Outside the Beltway
- Pajamas Media
- Patterico’s Pontifications
- Powerline
- Talking Points Memo
- The Becker-Posner Blog
- The Huffington Post Politics
- The Long War Journal
- The Moderate Voice
- The Sandbox
- The UN Post
- The Volokh Conspiracy
- Today in Afghanistan
- TVNewser
- Watching America
- White House Blog
- Wind Rose Hotel
- Wizbang
- Wonkette
;
