Truth in advertising infant feeding
In the land where corporations rule, truth is usually suppressed in order to sell product. Corporations don’t change voluntarily, until the harm they cause is so huge that they are forced to do so. Payments for death are considered the cost of doing business: http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/05/21/worker-death-hummus-maker-willfully-ignored-safety-stands-osha-says/OxFU0kIuBY9R0dBuyF8t0I/story.html We see this today, as the compensation toll reaches 23 victims.. read more →
Project Wild Thing
My ACEs score is high. (ACE stands for adverse childhood event.) There were two things that helped to save my life and soul. One was that I learned to read when I was 4; this skill brought me academic success that was a mystery to my teachers who despaired about my constant acting out in.. read more →
Lessons from Michael Brown and a great blog post.
I’ve done racist things in my life, out of ignorance and because I grew up white in a world where children of color pick out the white doll as the nicer one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqvJp2gXJI0 I’ve been an unconscious racist, which lends a certain innocence to my bigotry, and also makes my racism more deadly, because it.. read more →
3 excellent new books.
1) http://www.amazon.com/Where-Does-Hurt-Entrepreneurs-Fixing/dp/1591846773/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407002222&sr=1-1&keywords=where+does+it+ Disclaimer: I have no financial connection to any of these books. My husband’s recent overnight stay in the local hospital is a perfect example of how our health services delivery system works. All the countless number of doctors did was to rule out a heart attack by ordering a series of increasingly expensive tests. As.. read more →
Projection?
After watching some interesting videos about the history of Middle East conflicts, (http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/this_land_is_mine/ and http://utefans.net/message.php?id=1630595) I am thinking about projection, a psychological defense mechanism. Projection is defined by Merriam-Webster as the attribution of one’s own ideas, feelings, or attitudes to other people or to objects; especially : the externalization of blame, guilt, or responsibility as a defense against anxiety… read more →
Truth in advertising infant feeding Part II
WHICH BABY IS CLOSER TO HIS MOTHER? read more →