Diagnosing mental health disorders isn’t one of those easy professions, like, for example, brain surgery or rocket science. Enviably, those two specialties have clear and visible parameters for measuring success and failure, whereas defining “mental health” is fluid and debatable, at times dependent on functional and social norms. The diagnostic manual that defines criteria for Read the Full Story >>
Carol WIlliams
Whataboutism: Ego in Search of Equilibrium
And again, an export from Russia has flooded the United States, designed to create division, diversion, and delusion. It’s the logical fallacy called whataboutism. That was the standard propaganda response used by Soviet statesmen during the Cold War every time we accused Communist authorities of aggression, human rights abuses, or censorship. It’s a cartoonish reply Read the Full Story >>
Amendment 1: Government in Reverse
West Virginia Amendment 1, stating that “this Constitution does not protect the right to abortion,” is what I would call “backwards family planning.” We all agree that our goal is to bring children into the world who are wanted and able to thrive. We also agree that government is not just there to protect property, it’s there Read the Full Story >>
Orphan of the Confederacy—Illegitimate Step-Sister of the Union
The repurposed house of Belle Boyd, as a historical exhibit, is the rare hybrid representation of someone who lived on the Confederate side of the Civil War. And because it acknowledges those Americans who were at the mercy of Our Peculiar Institution, it really does “teach us about our history.” Read the Full Story >>