InnerSelf

by Seth Farber, Ph. D. Psychiatric heretic R. D. Laing wrote, “The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious, of being out of one’s mind, is the condition of the normal man.” In Laing’s mind normality is insanity, whereas madness may be a path to “hypersanity.”

by Robert Reich. Raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 should be a no-brainer. When you add in the Earned Income Tax Credit and food stamps it’s possible to barely rise above poverty at this wage. Besides, the proposed increase would put more money into the hands of families that desperately need it. A decent society should do no less...

by Kingsley L. Dennis, PhD.  Civilizations emerge and evolve when they are governed by a creative minority that inspires the people. In turn, civilizations enter decline when the dominant minority prefers to follow a status quo of power rule...

by Dr. Allan G. Hunter. Before we can choose productive myths for our lives we must be sure to weed out the bogus myths first. Some of these will be very deeply rooted, and therefore harder to deal with. One of the marks of a bogus myth is that it acts like carrot-and-stick persuasion. So, for example, if we take a look at some political myths, we'll see that...

by Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone. Social psychologists Paul Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson describe the growth of a new subculture committed to ecological values, social justice, and holistic perspectives. They estimate that tens of millions of these “cultural creatives” are leaving behind the old story of Business as Usual and creating something new...

by Barbara Hand Clow. Many people are afflicted with catastrophobia — an intense fear of catastrophes. This new word is intended to name a psychological syndrome that causes individuals and societies to think an end is coming soon. Our surface minds are filled with floating images of disaster, guilt, and suffering.

by Kingsley L. Dennis. There are increased energies pouring into the Earth and the danger here is that the varied social matrixes in which many people live will flood the mental airwaves with increased images of catastrophes, apocalypse, and perpetual warfare. The Armageddon meme will be likely to work overtime...

by Robert Reich. Imagine a country in which the very richest people get all the economic gains. They eventually accumulate so much of the nation’s total income and wealth that the middle class no longer has the purchasing power to keep the economy going full speed.

A common thread in recent events is the increased use of the power of the people. After years of people sitting back and saying there was nothing they could do to stop the "powers that be", we are seeing that this was a fallacy.

The Republican crackup threatens the future of the Grand Old Party more profoundly than at any time since the GOP’s eclipse in 1932. The crackup isn’t just Romney the smooth versus Gingrich the bomb-thrower. The underlying conflict...

As of December 18th, 2011, 507,533 signatures, and counting, have been garnered to recall Governor Walker. The people of Wisconsin are uniting to recall Scott Walker, the Koch Brothers' candidate.

Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength: "...put our country ahead of politics. ...increase taxes on incomes over $1,000,000. We make this request as loyal citizens who now or in the past earned an income of $1,000,000 per year or more...

The Episcopalian bishop of New York has waded into the debate over the Occupy movement in a call for more governance of the economy to halt what he described as a "deeply dangerous" disparity between rich and poor in America.

by Jerral Hicks, Ed.D. If values and morals are to be taught in public schools, what should be taught? Are there universals that are worthy of teaching to all children in our multifaceted, democratic society? There has been considerable debate about which moral values...