Political Posts
New posts are on my Substack blog and my Epoch Times series
Personal Responsibility and Mental Health
Personal responsibility is the spark that allows “help” to help.
Why Johnny Can’t Relax
Students are constantly assualted by apocalyptic messaging and totalitarian social codes; no wonder they’re unhappy!
The Sadness of Partisan Polarizing
Mammals bond around common enemies, but no greater good is served by this. Why not create your own peace?
Professor’s ‘escape’ from PC
I noticed myself lying out of fear of being labelled a right-winger. I realized I was making a choice, and started choosing my own truth over social acceptability despite the fear. The transition is explained in my book, “How I Escaped Political Correctness, And You Can Too.”
The Danger of Partisan Psychology
If you enroll in a psychology class, you are likely to be taught that conservatives are mentally flawed.
Why I’m a Registered “None”
My struggle to become a “No party preference” despite the mammalian herd impulse. I learned to see “greater good” arguments as the verbal brain’s rationalization for mammalian impulses.
How I Escaped Political Correctness
Rewiring Your Brain for Happiness
You care about the greater good, but you want to define it for yourself. Yet you fear ridicule, shunning and attack if you disagree with the politically correct view. So you find a way to conform, until one day you can’t. I was PC until the day I heard myself lie about a simple matter of fact because the truth didn’t sound progressive enough. I froze…
How I Escaped Political Correctness
Rewiring Your Brain for Happiness
You care about the greater good, but you want to define it for yourself. Yet you fear ridicule, shunning and attack if you disagree with the politically correct view. So you find a way to conform, until one day you can’t. I was PC until the day I heard myself lie about a simple matter of fact because the truth didn’t sound progressive enough. I froze…