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Entries from August 2009

Carl Jung: Founding Father of Game

August 13th, 2009 · 54 Comments

In the course of my foray into psychology, I decided to look into Carl Jung – who was mentored by Freud for some time – for some new material. From what little I have read so far, I have found Jung to be a very appealing thinker. While conducting some online research, I happened across [...]

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Tags: Health/Science · Ideas · Predictions

Feminist Imperialism

August 13th, 2009 · 12 Comments

Most readers have probably seen Hillary Clinton’s rude display of pique when an African had the gall to ask her what her husband, former President of the United States Bill Clinton, who is widely admired and respected throughout Africa, thought about foreign policy. Now, as you can hear in the clip, Hillary Clinton’s imperious, undiplomatic [...]

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Tags: Men · Politics

Freud on American Women

August 12th, 2009 · 17 Comments

I’ve been looking into psychology a bit in my spare time, and of course one cannot leave out Freud in such a study. Although far less influential today than he was in the mid 20th century, Freud, by reputation and accomplishment, still stands over most others like a giant in the field. Therefore, I was [...]

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Tags: Health/Science · Men

Some Thoughts on the American Dilemma, Using China as a Reference Point

August 11th, 2009 · 21 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, a Chinese friend of mine from Beijing was in town, and I spent a couple of evenings catching up with him. He’s an intelligent guy and a real gentleman. His main weakness is an obsession with golfing, but that’s no big deal to me, as this same tendency is very [...]

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Tags: China · Ideas · Men

Back At It

August 10th, 2009 · 6 Comments

I’ve finally got time to blog again, but I bit off a big plug this time, and it’s taking me a while to finish the latest post. Hopefully, I’ll have it up this evening, and there will be some food for thought for men who are trying to figure out what’s gone wrong here in [...]

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Tags: Men

On Kid Duty

August 2nd, 2009 · 15 Comments

I haven’t been posting too much lately, but I have a pretty good excuse. I’ve got my kids for a couple weeks (ending on Friday), and at ages 3 and 4.5 they are a real handful. It never ceases to amaze me how they can just keep on going, and going and… Well, you get [...]

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