We have a drug problem in the USA

Legal or illegal isn't the point. Americans are avoiding themselves rampantly any way they can. I've often said that (psychoactive) drugs are drugs are drugs. Some are more socially acceptable than others but their use and abuse is always similar. They may indeed be quite useful and necessary on occasion but when one starts using them daily and long-term things start getting complicated.

June 18, 2012

The Science of Compassion

What exactly is compassion? Compassion is the recognition of another's suffering and a desire to alleviate that suffering. Often brushed off as a hippy dippy religious term irrelevant in modern society, rigorous empirical data supports the view of all major world religions: compassion is good....

June 18, 2012

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