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Stephen Benedict-Mason is a psychologist, a former university professor, syndicated newspaper columnist and radio talk-show host. See full bio

June 8, 2009

Is Who You Are...Where You Live?

Although we like to believe that we are each the captain of our ship, the fact is, much of our behavior is influenced by outside factors such as climate and the general "lay of the land" in which we live. What this comes down to is a kind of Psychology of Geography. Read More

May 30, 2009

Can You Handle the Truth?

Winston Churchill once said: "Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried." One can say the same for the Scientific Method as a means of discovering the truth. But while it's the best we have, it can all too easily be subverted. Read More

May 29, 2009

Look At It This Way

Why spend time carefully constructing an argument when all that's really needed is a bumper sticker. Read More

May 27, 2009

Finally…A Diet that Works

It's funny that, in this country, the two most popular publications are cookbooks and diet books. Write one of these with a snappy title and you're almost certain to make it to the Best Seller list. Clearly, this combination of cooking and dieting points to a long-standing problem with food. Read More

May 16, 2009

BLEEP YOU

The idea that words have unique powers for good or evil goes way back to the dawn of history and perhaps even before that. Who know what early humans may have muttered as they painted on the walls of their caves? We do know that, all through recorded time, the incantation was part of every prayer and every spell. If you just got the words right, there would be no limit to your power. Read More

May 15, 2009

Wisdom Versus a High Speed Connection

Perhaps there are some isolated cultures where the lessons learned during the lifetime of an elder are still held in high regard. Let's consult the wise one. Mostly, these would be groups where not much changes from one generation to the next and life goes on in pretty much the same way in pretty much the same place. Read More

May 5, 2009

The Cure: Therapeutic Touch

Interestingly enough, doctors and nurses along with an assortment of other qualifying health care professionals can sometimes receive continuing education credits for training in something called Therapeutic Touch. This is a technique whereby a practitioner passes his or her hands over a patient and, in effect, thinks good thoughts. Read More

April 30, 2009

LUCK...A Matter of Attitude?

I always worked hard and tried to do the right thing and yet I never got to be successful. All my life I saw others who were lazy and not as smart getting ahead. So now I have to wonder if life is anything more than a matter of luck? Read More

April 21, 2009

Living Longer...Much Longer

Since the average life span appears to be getting longer with each generation, won't we soon be living for a hundred years or more?

Actually, and this will come as a great shock to many, life spans are not getting that much longer with each generation. Read More

April 19, 2009

Cheers

Although you may not know it, I occasionally enjoy having a drink or two. Not that many years ago, this very same behavior would have landed me in jail. During Prohibition, the U.S. went dry in what was yet another example of trying to pretend that humans are not really human. Read More

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