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Is “Machine” the New White?

A few weeks back Fox news anchor Megyn Kelly declared on-air that both Jesus and Santa Claus were white. The reaction was swift. Biblical and history scholars pointed out that Jesus and Saint Nicholas have Middle Eastern and Turkish origins. Saturday Nigh Live cast member Kenan Thompson dressed as a black Santa during a skit to […]

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Child, Nerd and Tax Relief: A Tale of Three Frames

Last week MSNBC ran a Public Service Announcement that featured anchor Melissa Harris-Perry. Here’s a quote from that PSA: We have never invested as much in public education as we should have. We haven’t had a very collective notion of, these are our children. We have to break through our private idea that children belong to […]

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UPDATE – Therapists Can Make Bullies Too

Using the respective work of Drs. Twemlow and Anderegg as a backdrop, I suggested (in my October 14th, 2010 post) that bystanders, such as parents, teachers, principals, legislators, and business leaders, make, maintain, and motivate the bully. A colleague emailed me and pointed out that I (a licensed mental health counselor) conveniently left out mental […]

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