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Trading Freedom for Security Is Often Dangerous

April 12th, 2013

By Dan Miller Freedom to do as we please has to yield to security and the freedom of others. How much freedom should we trade for security? How much do we still have? Another question is, do we still have choices? Our earnings, property and other assets are increasingly viewed by libruls as belonging to [...]

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Tags: children, collectivism, culture, government, Orwell, society, Statist
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Healthy Values Protect Your Kids from Media’s Unhealthy Messages

November 20th, 2012

By Dr. Jim Taylor So what values will children growing up in the 21st century need to thrive? Perhaps surprisingly, my answer is the same values that have enabled children to thrive in previous generations: respect, responsibility, hard work, integrity, compassion, just to name a few. The increased presence of popular media in no way [...]

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Tags: choices, culture, emotions, family, parenting, society, values
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Give Your Children the Gift of an “Unmediated” Life

October 4th, 2012

By Dr. Jim Taylor I want to provide you with a “big picture” sense of the kind of life that I believe your children should lead during their formative years. This life should result in their developing into children who have both the “old-school” values, attitudes, and tools and the “new-school” skills (i.e., technology capabilities) [...]

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Tags: 3-D life, children, experiences, parenting, senses, society, technology
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Your Values, Your Life

May 7th, 2012

By Dr. Jim Taylor Your values form the foundation of your life. They dictate the choices you make and determine the direction that your life takes. Your values will influence your decisions related to your relationships, career, and other activities you engage in. Despite this importance, few people choose their values. Instead, they simply adopt [...]

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Tags: choices, occupation, personal growth, popular culture, society, values
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Is Technology Stealing Our (Self) Identities?

July 27th, 2011

By Dr. Jim Taylor Our self-identities, that is, how we define and see ourselves as unique individuals, play a vital role in who we are and the direction that our lives take. The self-identity encompasses the totality of knowledge and understanding that we gain about ourselves as we develop including our personalities, aptitudes and capabilities, [...]

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Tags: external, identity, internal, self, social media, society, technology
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Set Your Children’s “Defaults” Early

July 13th, 2011

By Dr. Jim Taylor For you to send the healthiest possible messages to your children requires that you fully buy into my notion that children become the messages they get the most. Though it seems to be a pretty intuitive and reasonable concept, I feel the need to thoroughly convince you of the profound value of [...]

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Tags: children, culture, defaults, habits, parenting, responses, society, values
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Five Arguments Against Gay Marriage

June 24th, 2011

By Seth Forman Society must brace for corrosive change. Putting gay unions on a legal par with heterosexual ones may radically alter our culture. New York State, the media report with poorly disguised elation, is set to legally redefine marriage to include relationships between two same-sex adults. Before this happens, people of good conscience, supporters [...]

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Tags: children, culture, education, gay, heterosexual, marriage, religion, society
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Higher Education? Higher than What?

June 7th, 2011

(Editor’s note: This is an expanded version of an article previously published at Pajamas Media and excerpted here.) By Dan Miller It’s not what it’s cracked up to be and often it’s not about learning. This article by Clayton Cramer, published by Pajamas Media on May 24th, suggests some of the problems with higher education. [...]

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Tags: Bertrand Russell, culture, Douglas Adams, England, freedom, History, ideology, justice, Korean Conflict, role models, society, U.S., Yale University
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Narcissism Is Alive and Well in America

May 17th, 2011

By Dr. Jim Taylor Do you know the story of Narcissus? The very handsome fellow in Greek mythology who, because of his indifference and disdain toward others, was punished by the gods by falling in love with his own image. He was so enraptured by his beauty that he was unable to pull himself away [...]

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Tags: celebrities, culture, egocentrism, narcissism, self-esteem, society, youth
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Business: Steps to Stress Mastery

May 14th, 2011

By Dr. Jim Taylor Having the right attitude and positive goals, as I discussed in the last issue of Prime Business Alert!, are important steps for becoming a stress master. But just thinking about mastering stress won’t make it so. You have to actually do things to relieve your stress. Here are some suggestions for [...]

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Tags: diet, friends, health, music, relaxation, sleep, society, stress, work
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