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Topics on Questioning and Skepticism
- A Message on Tariffs From the Past December 10, 2025
- A Response to The One Percent November 1, 2025
- Consequences of the Tea Party and the Search for Truth October 1, 2025
- The Danger of Conspiracy Theories September 1, 2025
- Understanding Trump’s Use of Gaslighting August 1, 2025
- A Call for Change, Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) July 1, 2025
- Response to the Failure of Trickle-Down Economics June 1, 2025
- Responding to the Cult of Fear in Politics May 1, 2025
- Project 2025: a Blueprint for Corporate Dystopia April 15, 2025
- Connecting Project 2025 and Scopes Monkey Trial March 30, 2025
- How Our Loneliness is Feeding Authoritarianism March 15, 2025
- Political Doublespeak and the Breakdown of Society March 1, 2025
- When Symbolic Violence Turns into Symbolic Warfare Feb 15, 2025
- Trump and the Politics of Neoliberal Distraction Feb 1, 2025
- On the Road to Authoritarianism: The Challenges Jan 15, 2025
- Trump As the Conduit for the Alt Right: The Consequences Jan 1, 2025
- How Disinformation Supports Post-truth and Authoritarianism Dec 15, 2024
- The Plutocracy and Big Money: the Cost of Money in Politics Dec 1, 2024
- Shapeshifting Supports Republicans Getting Back into Power Oct 31, 2024
- Politics of Fear: Identifying the Need for Change Oct 23, 2024
- Defining Freedom in 21st Century in Light of Determinism Oct 15, 2024
- Countering An Existential Threat: Trump & Project 2025 Oct 1, 2024
- How the Cult of Victimhood Dominates Politics Sept 15, 2024
- How Propaganda Influences Opinions and Behaviours Sept 1, 2024
- Role of Social Factors and the Limits of Medical Care Aug 15, 2024
- Rousseau and Freedom: A Renewed Social Contract Aug 1, 2024
- Revenge of the Autocrats: The Battle Over Future Freedom July 15, 2024
- Social Determinants of Health: epigenetics and chance events July 1, 2024
- Conspiracy Theories: A Threat to Democracy & Freedom June 15, 2024
- Responding to a Society Controlled and Manipulated by Lies June 1, 2024
- How Collective Narcissist Supports Populism and Authoritarianism May 15, 2024
- Living a Lie: The Roll of Self-deception in 2024 Election May 1, 2024
- Proposed Changes: Overview of Trump’s 2024 Social Contract April 15, 2024
- The World of Misinformation and Escapism April 1, 2024
- Trump’s Enablers Are Driving the Authoritarian Bus March 15, 2024
- Following Trump: the straight road to nihilism March 1, 2024
- Restoring Peatlands to Mitigate Climate Change February 17, 2024
- Biochar: Part of the Future in Sustainable Agriculture February 2, 2024
- Reduce Methane & Impacts of Global Warming January 15, 2024
- How to Protect the Secret of the Forest January 1, 2024
- How to Respond to Today’s Culture of Lying December 15, 2023
- Angry People: On the Road to Anarchy? December 1, 2023
- How Climate Change and Economic Equity Are Related November 15, 2023
- The Path to Equitable Energy Transition November 1, 2023
- Understanding the Existential Threat of a Cult October 14, 2023
- The Rise of the American Oligarchy October 1, 2023
- The Populist Narrative on Social and Economic Inequality September 15, 2023
- To Create Positive Change That Lasts: Reduce Alienation September 1, 2023
- The Connection Between Social Darwinism and Narcissism August 15, 2023
- Error 404: the Need for Change August 1, 2023
- Impact of Marginalization on the Social Determinants of Health July 15, 2023
- Authoritarian Capitalism and 1984: How Freedom Dies July 1, 2023
- Urgent Optimism Approach Makes Change Possible June 15, 2023
- Universal Basic Income Can Provide a Temporary Fix June 1, 2023
- How to Respond to Monopolies Today May 15, 2023
- How to Address Inequities in the Era Woke Capitalism May 1, 2023
- On the Relationship Between Truth and Power April 15, 2023
- The Relationship Between Religion and Ideology April 1, 2023
- Disinformation and Disillusionment of Today’s Politics March 2, 2023
- How Fantasies Support Late Capitalism February 1, 2023
- On Achieving Sustainability Goals: Leave No One Behind January 15, 2023
- Shaping Norms: a Response to Populism and Loneliness January 1, 2023
- Balancing Inequality and Competition: the Ideal Social Contract December 1, 2022
- Why We Need to Preserve Political Norms November 1, 2022
- Postmodern Deconstruction of the Cruelty of Late Capitalism September 15, 2022
- Political Nihilism and Narcissism in Today’s Politics September 1, 2022
- Seeking the Road to Social Change August 1, 2022
- A Response to the Oppression of Top-Down Systems July 1, 2022
- Misinformation: A Tool Used by Cults (and Anti-vaxxers) to Control People June 1, 2022
- Interpreting Darwin’s Work Today May 1, 2022
- The Need to Rebalance Corporate Power in Today’s Democracies April 1, 2022
- How the Rich Tap Anarchy and Anger to Manipulate Us March 1, 2022
- Beware of the Self-deception and Lies of Today’s Narcissists Feb 1, 2022
- Deception in Social Media Freedom Undermines Our Freedom Jan 1, 2022
- On the Limitations of Motivational Interviewing for Jobseekers Dec 1, 2021
- How Empowerment Can Drive Real Change Nov 1, 2021
- About the Paradigm Shift Created by the COVID Pandemic Oct 15, 2021
- Searching for Freedom in the 21st Century Oct 2, 2021
- The Role of Narcissism in the Decline of America Sept 15, 2021
- Understanding Cruelty is Part the Political System Sept 1, 2021
- The Paradigm Shift Created by the COVID Pandemic Aug 15, 2021
- To create change: question everything, but separate skepticism from nihilism Aug 1, 2021
- The Middle Class Can Counter Today’s Zero-sum Game July 15, 2021
- On the Waning of Democracy in America July 1, 2021
- The Urgent Need to Investigate Chronic Dementia June 15, 2021
- The Lie Behind Unbridled Capitalism June 1, 2021
- The Deception Behind the Existential Threats to American Democracy May 15, 2021
- Addiction: a Chronic Disease Requiring a Community Response May 1, 2021
- A Wake Up Call on Community Pneumonia April 20, 2021
- Your Social Needs Determine Where You Are on the Pyramid April 10, 2021
- Conspiracy Theories, the Occult and the Neoliberal Phoenix April 1, 2021
- Responding to the Crumbling Façade of Democracy in America March 20, 2021
- What We Must Change to Counter our Anxiety March 10, 2021
- On Seeking Information to Support Your Convictions March 1, 2021
- On Understanding Identity Politics and Exploitation Feb 20, 2021
- Society Needs to Improve the Chances of Equality of Opportunity Feb 10, 2021
- People Continue to Profit Off the Spread of Conspiracy Theories Feb 1, 2021
- We Need to Ensure Political Accountability of Elected Officials Jan 20, 2021
- How Political Nihilism Affects Your Freedom Jan 9, 2021
- Recognizing the Path to Happiness and Good Health Jan 1, 2021
- The Long-lasting Ramifications of the Politics of Resentment and Trumpism Dec 19, 2020
- An Approach to Tap the Enthusiasm of Progressive Democrats Dec 11, 2020
- Overview of Republican Political Philosophy in the 21st Century Dec 1, 2020
- Social Paradox of the Concept of Freedom in the West Nov 20, 2020
- Social Media Addiction and Its Implications for Your Well-being Nov 10, 2020
- Horizontal Violence, the Gig Economy and Today’s Dystopia Nov 1, 2020
- The Wakeup Call for Everyone to Assemble on Public Streets Oct 20, 2020
- Individualism and Social Fragmentation Are the Basis of the Social Policy of the Populist Right Oct 10, 2020
- The Role of Metaphors in Current Political Rhetoric Oct 1, 2020
- On Understanding the Violence of Poverty Sept 20, 2020
- Beware: Populism Has Created a Culture of Victimhood Sept 10, 2020
- In response to the fear of change Sept 1, 2020
- We Must Reign in the Plutocracy to Close the Gap Aug 20, 2020
- We Need to Construct a New Politics of Truth Aug 10, 2020
- Big Data Accountability and the Challenge of Institutional Discrimination Aug 1, 2020
- How Individualism Supports the Underlying Structures of the Power Elite July 20, 2020
- Libertarian and postmodernist ideas can be used to legitimate political and social inaction July 10, 2020
- Objective Reality: the Pervasive Atmosphere of Hostility of Neoliberal Narcissism July 1, 2020
- The Reawakening of the Ongoing Class Struggle for Economic Stability June 20, 2020
- Communities Must Strive to Restore the Concept of Freedom June 10, 2020
- The Connection Between Ethics, Morality and Inequality June 1, 2020
- We Need to Change Our Beliefs in Order to Change Our Actions May 20, 2020
- An Analysis of Existential Threats and the COVID-19 Pandemic May 10, 2020
- The Role of Public Health in Protecting and Improving Health May 1, 2020
- Analysis of the Economic System Through the Lens of COVID-19 April 20, 2020
- How Pandemics Can Create Change April 10, 2020
- Wages Stopped Rising: Unraveling the Libertarian Movement April 1, 2020
- Lessons Learned from Alfred Russel Wallace’s Interactions with Flat-earthers and Bell Curve Enthusiasts March 20, 2020
- The Rise of Revolutionary Ideas Over the Past 200 Years March 10, 2020
- We Need to Replace the Three Poisons of Neoliberalism March 1, 2020
- Unitarian and Social Anarchist Ideas Could Complement One Another Feb 20, 2020
- Today’s Social Hierarchy Requires Reframing the Narrative on Inequality Feb 10, 2020
- Fear and Uncertainty: the Foundation of Political Power Today Feb 1, 2020
- Ok Boomer: The Anger is About the Illusion of Choice Jan 20, 2020
- The Tragedy of Capitalism in America Jan 10, 2020
- Alienation: the Catalyst for Social Change to Create a Healthy Middle Class Jan 1, 2020
- Making Social and Economic Policies Through the Lens of the Social Determinants of Health Dec 20, 2019
- Creating New Institutions: Discovering the Road to Freedom Dec 10, 2019
- Well-being Should Replace Growth as the Measure of a Country’s Success Dec 1, 2019
- How Hayek Lost His Debate on Cultural Evolution Nov 20, 2019
- How Ecology and Skepticism Define Sustainable Development Nov 10, 2019
- Understanding the History of Lies: Outside the Trump Bubble Nov 1, 2019
- The Goal of the Progressive Revolution: To Transform Political and Social Structures Oct 20, 2019
- The power of lies to undermine horizontal accountability Oct 10, 2019
- The Truth on Societal Progress: Addressing a Failing Economic Model Oct 1, 2019
- Seeking an Answer on How to Leave Behind the Decay of Neoliberalism Sept 20, 2019
- It is Necessary to Push Back on Partisans Who Insist on Binary Thinking Sept 10, 2019
- Postmodernism Explains Today’s Disarray of Political Manipulation and Deception Sept 1, 2019
- Address Identity Politics not Morality to Fix Today’s Polarization August 20, 2019
- Bread and Circuses Are Important for Stability in the Community August 10, 2019
- Connecting Ideologies to Understand the Dark Path to Fascism August 1, 2019
- The Power of Hope to Dismantle a Political-economic System of Inequality July 20, 2019
- Emotions Impact Decisions on How to Make a Better World July 10, 2019
- Harnessing Politics of Fear to Transform Today’s Market Economy July 1, 2019
- Crisis of the Environment: Time to Push the Economy to do More With Less June 20, 2019
- How Conspiracy Theories Expose the Fraud of Trickle-down Economics June 10, 2019
- The Truth of Neoliberal Transformation Supports the Rise of Fascism June 1, 2019
- Opportunities Lost: The True Cost of the American Dream May 20, 2019
- The Wall is a Symbol of Nationalism and the Trump Presidency May 10, 2019
- In Steve Bannon’s Brave New World Populism Is a Smoke Screen May 1, 2019
- A Need to Shift to Social Determinants: We Can Not Afford Individualism April 20, 2019
- Cult of Personality Drives Increased Cognitive Dissonance April 10, 2019
- The State of Denial and the Politics of Climate Change Planning April 1, 2019
- Toward a Successful Society: a New Model of Democracy Mar 20, 2019
- Building a Community of Leaders and a Real Fourth Estate Mar 10, 2019
- Paradox of Social Action Analysis of the Unexpected Revisited Mar 1, 2019
- Recession Hurts While Austerity Kills Dreams and People Feb 20, 2019
- Today’s Metanarrative Hides an Assault on Truth and Reality Feb 10, 2019
- Seeking Happiness Seems to be Part of System Justification Feb 1, 2019
- Maintaining the Illusion of Prosperity is Critical to the Economy Jan 20, 2019
- Discourse and Democracy: the Exercise of Social Power Exploitation Jan 10, 2019
- Globalization and Individualism: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Jan 1, 2019
- A Social Constructivist Approach to Change December 20, 2018
- On the Ethics of Poverty Reduction December 10, 2018
- How the Political Right Harnesses Victimhood December 1, 2018
- The Unintended Consequences of Schism November 20, 2018
- How Populists Hijacked the Inequity Agenda November 10, 2018
- The End of History: Creating the Good Society November 1, 2018
- Economic Failure Legitimizes Alternatives to the Status Quo October 20, 2018
- Do Not Fear to Promote New Values for Society October 10, 2018
- Why the Power Elite Disguise the Truth October 1, 2018
- The Relation of Truth to Power September 20, 2018
- The Significance of the Widening Socio-economic Gap September 10, 2018
- Reality Around Inequality Determines Change September 1, 2018
- The Pathway to Attaining Sustainability August 20, 2018
- Populism: A Symptom of the Disease Weakening Democracy August 10, 2018
- The Well-being Agenda: Measuring Economic Progress August 1, 2018
- Organizing A Response to the Happiness Gap July 20, 2018
- The Good Society: An Alternative Vision of Progress July 10, 2018
- We Must Take Back Control of the Public Sphere July 1, 2018
- The Dilemma of Postmodern Metaphors in Economics June 20, 2018
- An Analysis of the Circulation of Elites in America June 10, 2018
- The Rise of the Kleptocracy: America’s Security Threat June 1, 2018
- Introducing Change While Respecting the Individual May 20, 2018
- Understanding Socioeconomic Contradictions May 10, 2018
- Refuse to Be Ruled by the Past May 1, 2018
- Beyond Plutocracy: the Return of Democracy April, 20, 2018
- Darwin’s Invisible Hand Narrative: A New Paradigm April 10, 2018
- The Poor Must Seize the Charities April 1, 2018
- How the Economy Creates Today’s Cultural Conditions March 20, 2018
- The Beginning of the End of Equality and Freedom March 10, 2018
- An Introduction to the Axis of Authoritarianism in America March 1, 2018
- About the Ongoing Crisis Management of a Corrupt Society February 20, 2018
- On Changing a Violent and Enslaving Economic System February 10, 2018
- On Banning Words Related to Public Health February 1, 2018
- On Truth and Knowledge: “Neoliberalism is Dead” January 20, 2018
- Countering the Rise of the Rhetoric of Fascism January 10, 2018
- The Church of Everlasting Debt and Your Identity January 1, 2018
- Opportunities Lost: Create Your Own Truth December 20, 2017
- The Response to the Nationalist Neoliberal Hegemony December 9, 2017
- Collective Bargaining and the Service Industry December 1, 2017
- Using a Digital Commons to Inform the Administrative State November 19, 2017
- There Is No Alternative to Austerity: Propping Up the Neoliberal State Nov 10, 2017
- Nightmare on Main Street: the Neocon and Neoliberal Failures November 1, 2017
- The Post-fact Era: Economic Elite Determine What You Think October 20, 2017
- The Penalization of Poverty in a Class System October 10, 2017
- Ideas Have Consequences: the Explosion of Inequality October 1, 2017
- Class War: Countering Misinformation Among the Working Class September 20, 2017
- On Identity Politics, Poor Governance and Health Inequities September 10, 2017
- The Neoliberal Lie And the Rise of the Working Poor September 1, 2017
- Victim Politics Is Part of the Strategy of the Neoliberal Counter-revolution Aug 19, 2017
- The Role of Nationalism in Supporting Economic Neoliberalism August 11, 2017
- Meritocracy Disguises Inequality That Supports A Growing Oligarchy August 1, 2017
- Fragile States and Failed Policies: The Need For Inclusive Institutions July 20, 2017
- The Reality of Informational Neoliberalism And Diminishing Truth July 10, 2017
- The Debate on the Science Behind Economic Choices July 1, 2017
- In A Post-truth Era Is Truth A Necessary Condition for Society to Change? June 20/17
- The Political Effects of Economic Chaos June 10, 2017
- Anxiety Is Essential For Creativity June 1, 2017
- A Good News Story: Close the Gap May 20, 2017
- Seeking Sources of Progress May 10, 2017
- Doubt And Critical Thinking In Elections May 1. 2017
- Freedom Exercised As A Means to An End April 20, 2017
- The Nature And Importance of American Liberties April 10, 2017
- The Existential Threat and Lying to Yourself April 1, 2017
- On Understanding Fear and Change March 15, 2017
- The American Tragedy March 1, 2017
- Searching for Truth February 15, 2017
- Choices Have Consequences February 1, 2017
- Why Co-operation Is Necessary January 15, 2017
- Pursuit of Happiness January 1, 2017
- The End of Democracy December 15, 2016
- Potential As A Freedom December 1, 2016
- Today’s Social Fantasy November 15, 2016
- The Myth of the Market November 1, 2016
- The New Parasitic Bureaucracy October 15, 2016
- The Best Form of Government October 1, 2016
- A Conspiracy of the Rich September 15, 2016
- How To Fix the Democratic Deficit September 1, 2016
- Neoliberalism Is a System of Violence August 6, 2016
- The Social Contract of the Neoliberals July 23, 2016
- Why Hillary Clinton Needs Elizabeth Warren July 1, 2016
- The Rise of the Neoliberals June 24, 2016
- The Death of Liberalism June 1, 2016
- The Republican Party – the Party of Cognitive Dissonance May 1, 2016
- We Are Unable To Reach Our Full Capacity to Make Wise Decisions April 1, 2016
- Part 2 of 2. Creating Opportunities: A Comparison of Top-Down and Bottom-Up Systems March 1, 2016
- Part 1 of 2. Creating Opportunities: A Comparison of Top-Down and Bottom-Up Systems February 1, 2016
- On the Rationalization of Inequality January 1, 2016
- Part 2 of 2. The Class System and Education December 1, 2015
- Part 1 of 2. The Class System and Education November 1, 2015
- Part 2 of 2. Paradigm Shift October 1, 2015
- Part 1 of 2. Paradigm Shift September 1, 2015
- Part 2 of 2. Dare to Think. August 1, 2015
- Part 1 of 2. Dare to Think July 1, 2015
- On Sustainability June 1, 2015
- The Illusion of Control May 2, 2015
- In Response to Evangelism of Fear April 1, 2015
- Individualism and the Social Determinants of Health March 1, 2015
- The Neocons and Reality February 1, 2015
- Part 2 of 2: What is truth? January 1, 2015
- Part 1 of 2: What is Truth? December 1, 2014
- The Trickle-down Effect November 2, 2014
- Part 2 of 2: The Rise of the New Anarchists October 10, 2014
- Part 1 of 2: The Rise of the New Anarchists September 29, 2014
- Part 3 of 3: The Road to Freedom August 2, 2014
- Part 2 of 3: Defining Freedom in the 21st Century July 1, 2014
- Part 1 of 3: The Struggle for Freedom June 2, 2014
- Social Class, Government, and Dissemination of Information May 2, 2014
- Another Inconvenient Truth April 1, 2014
- End A Decade of Lost Opportunities and Invest in the Future March 1, 2014
- Removing Barriers to Good Health February 1, 2014
- 1984 And Big Brother January 1, 2014
- On Virtual Feudalism December 1, 2013
- On Becoming a Nietzschean Society November 1, 2013
- On the Average Man October 1, 2013
- On the Emperor’s New Clothes September 15, 2013
- The End of History – A Journey September 1, 2013
- On Self-actualization August 1, 2013
- On the Equality of Taxation July 6, 2013
- Aristotle and Freedom June 8, 2013
- The High Cost of Sugar May 23, 2013
- On Transforming Rationalization May 2, 2013
- Plato and the Healthy Community April 16, 2013
- Reality in 2013 April 2, 2013
- The Rationalization of Inequality March 17, 2013
- About Madness and the Deluded March 2, 2013
- The New Normal February 15, 2013
- The Challenge to the Middle Class: “Sapere aude!” Dare to Know! February 1, 2013
- Passions and Decision-making January 15, 2013
- Equality and Freedom January 1, 2013
- Occupy Wall Street Success December 1, 2012
- Bad Choices and Poverty November 2, 2012
- Trickle Down Ideology October 6, 2012
- Choices and Reaching Full Potential September 29, 2012
- Individualism – the good, the bad, and the ugly. August 31, 2012
- Science and Change. July 6, 2012
- The Social Contract June 29, 2012
- Self-responsibility and entitlement. May 16, 2011.
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