Thinking With Somebody Else's Head

Its tantalizing memory of a lost golden age of uninterrupted peace and happiness infuses the oral and written traditions of all peoples on E...

I remember my college roommate couldn't sleep for a week after watching The Exorcist. We all have friends who messed around with ouija b...

It was Freud who first opened to us the rich and complex world of the human psyche. There've been many additions since - some of it usef...

Millions were killed senselessly in the Middle Ages. They couldn't vote for decades. Their bodies sell everything from perfume to piston...

It's what makes us human, many say. Distinct from other forms of life. I think therefore I am. I want, therefore I have reason to want. ...

Some see our most important issues as social ones. Hunger. Injustice. The gap between rich and poor. Others see the lack of ethics in leader...

It's labeled as the secret to everything. No matter your difficulties, the Secret offers solutions. Don't have the house of your dre...

A woman is terrified of going to the supermarket. A man loses sleep over being evaluated at his job. A jazz singer is terrorized by her pend...

Up to 10 million teens develop disorders in this area. And worries about it can start much younger than that. Adults are worried about it, t...

It's been the dominant force in the world for the past 70 years or so. It's impact has been enormous in every area - from economics ...

In 1992, at an old chateau a few kilometres outside Paris, a small group gathered to form yet another organization trying to stop our destru...

It was Jung who stated that everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Herman Hesse suggested t...

Normally, when we look at social or individual problems, we see the source of them outside. Too much stress, too much work, it's my gene...

Is it a product of your genes? Or your environment? Is it chemical, or something taught? Is yours just a point on a perfect bell curve deter...

It hits you out of nowhere. For no apparent reason. Its effects are paralyzing. Fear. Of elevators. Of leaving the home. Of fear itself. In ...

It's a dangerous world out there. Viruses are poised to attck us if we're unlucky enough to choose the wrong sexual partner. There a...

Everywhere we look, the world's getting more difficult. There's traffic and pollution. Cell phones ringing day and night. We've ...

The Australian government states that all of us will be affected by it at some time in our lives. By 2020, it's estimated it will be the...

The origin of the word is negative. In Greek, it means pain and suffering. In German, it relates to the heavy labor orphans need to do to su...

It's so terrible as to seem surreal. To survivors and the families of victims, it must feel as if they'll never overcome it. It jolt...