One of my favorite films of all time is a 1991 cult classic entitled Hangin’ With The Homeboyz, starring John…
You’ll Never Know How Much You Mean to Me – A Poem about the Relationships which Heal Us
You’ll never know how much you mean to me Your words are forever burned into my memory You’ll never know…
The Elephant Man – A Poem about an Outcast
Deep into the shadows, his deformities out of sight The man whom they call Elephant hides away from the brilliant…
Our Misuse of Language and How It Affects Our Health
There’s a well-known, and sometimes detested, tradition in the field of analytic philosophy which pertains to the use of language,…
Growing Up With No Restraints: The Toxic Mentality of Boys Will Be Boys
I grew up in a hyper-masculine culture in which I was expected to tow the line and accept the reality…
Thinking in Black and White: Sometimes, You Can Have Your Cake and Eat it, Too
We often find ourselves thinking in all or nothing terms, meaning that, at times, we erroneously believe that things have…
Why I Still Won’t Report – My Story of Sexual Assault and Why I Can’t Share It
The following post was written by Anonymous; I praise her for her courage. Sexual assault is a topic that has been increasingly…
Meeting Bobby Kennedy
The following comprises a fictitious account of a meeting between Bobby Kennedy and me at The Ambassador Hotel, several hours before…
Inequality at Work: How Misperceptions of Power Influence Our Work-Lives
Negotiating… The back and forth between two seemingly equal participants… The interchange of wills struggling for supremacy, at last arriving…
In Defense of Shyness and Doubt
Self-esteem is a concept that I have my issues with, predominantly due to the fact that it’s externally dependent; but,…
