Essays: Table of Contents No. 1

 

ESSAYS: TABLE OF CONTENTS No. 1

Titles are arranged by topic.

Table of Contents No. 2

 

PLEASE READ: All essays are now available in blog format at Wave of Consciousness. This blog was uploaded in 2015, and some essays were slightly revised for the 2015 edition -- these are now the official essays. If you quote or link to any essays, please refer to the blog and not to this website. Thank you.

Alcoholism and Addiction

An Hour at a Time (12/18/06)

A Routine Is Liberating (11/20/06)

Library Cards and Equality (07/01/02)

Mexico, Drug Addiction, and the Brain (08/10/09)

Recovery Czars, Part I (05/12/03)

Recovery Czars, Part II (05/19/03)

Recovery Czars, Part III (06/02/03)

Should Atheists Attend A.A? (07/17/07)


Courts, Law, and Social Problems

Behavior Patterns (12/05/05)

Empathy and the Judicial System, Part I (07/20/09)

Empathy and the Judicial System, Part II (08/03/09)

Empathy and the Judicial System, Part III (08/17/09)

Guilty Pilots Are Sentenced, Part I (08/01/05)

Guilty Pilots Are Sentenced, Part II (08/15/05)

Is Society Outraged? (07/15/02)

Violation of Probation (02/16/04)


Education

15 Goals of American Education (09/03/07)

Obamacentric Lesson Plan (09/04/09)

Public Schools and Narcissism (03/15/10)

Public Schools and Rage (03/22/10)

Rebuilding the American Educational Process, Part I (08/04/08)

Rebuilding the American Educational Process, Part II (08/11/08)

Rebuilding the American Educational Process, Part III (08/18/08)

Signs and Symptoms of Child Abuse (08/15/07)


Immigration and Illegal Immigration

Cinco de Mayo at the Crossroads (07/04/10)

Every Child Should Speak English, Part I (07/17/08)

Every Child Should Speak English, Part II (07/21/08)

Failure of Immigration Reform (07/02/07)

Fourth Graders Are Learners, But Still Kids (09/08/08)

How Much Is One Life Worth? (08/14/06)

Illegal Immigration as a Social Problem, Part I (essay on the amnesty slogans - 05/30/07)

Illegal Immigration as a Social Problem, Part II (commentary on a speech by Cardinal Mahony - 06/04/07)

Immigration Law in Arizona and Mexico (05/24/10)

Languages in America: Legislation and Costs (03/10/08)

Mexico's Cultural Imperialism (05/19/08)

Raid in Portland (06/18/07)

Response to Marcos Aguilar (06/08/06)

Response to Michael Bloomberg (essay on New York City immigrants - 08/07/06)

School Principal Walks Out (04/10/06)

Spanish Language National Anthem (05/04/06)

Stay in School (04/03/06)

Students Fail Exam, But Could Graduate (05/15/06)

Students Get Credit for Marching (04/17/06)

Subjective Feeling of Citizenship (06/14/07)

Vodka Solves Nothing (essay on the Absolut Vodka advertisement in Mexico - 04/14/08)


Political Commentary

4 Ways to Confront a False Accusation (04/07/08)

50 Reasons to Vote in 2008 (10/20/08)

A Fleeting Political Movement, Part I (11/27/08)

A Fleeting Political Movement, Part II (12/01/08)

A Fleeting Political Movement, Part III (12/04/08)

All Votes Have Been Cast (11/05/08)

Audacity of Censorship, Part I (05/21/08)

Audacity of Censorship, Part II (11/03/08)

Audacity of Propaganda, Part I (commentary on a speech by Anita Dunn - 11/13/09)

Audacity of Propaganda, Part II (02/17/10)

Audacity of Propaganda, Part III (02/22/10)

Decoding Political Talk (02/09/09)

Election Year 2004: Reaction to 2001 (04/12/04)

Election Year 2004: Scars of Vietnam (05/24/04)

Election Year 2004: Where It Went Wrong (09/10/08)

Grassroots Narcissists (02/22/08)

How the Democratic Convention Constructs Meaning (08/26/08)

How the Republican Convention Constructs Meaning (09/05/08)

Insight into Obama (06/17/10)

Obama Speaks in Cairo (06/17/09)

Obama Speaks in Strasbourg (04/13/09)

Older But Not Wiser Republicans (05/07/09)

People and Campaign: Democrats, Republicans, Independents (05/26/08)

Personality and Campaign: Obama, Clinton, Hunter (01/14/08)

Political Narcissists, Part I (04/16/07)

Political Narcissists, Part II (04/16/07)

Political Narcissists, Part III (04/16/07)

She's Human, Like the Rest of Us (09/15/08)

Societal Versus Political Divisions (06/11/07)

Townhall Meeting with Senator McCain (11/16/09)

Yes, I Can and I Will (02/25/08)


Racial Relations

Americans Angry at America (03/24/08)

Behind the Times (commentary on Reverend Wright's speech to the N.A.A.C.P. - 04/28/08)

Black Church as Sociopolitical Community (05/05/08)

Civil Rights' Empty Nest (03/17/08)

'Deeper Than Color' (essay on Gordon Parks - 06/05/06)

G.D. the Drug Dealer (commentary on Reverend Wright's sermons - 03/28/08)

Quest for True Americana, Part III (essay on Martin Luther King, Jr. - 09/16/02)

Refocusing Civil Rights (01/28/08)

Thanksgiving Day Means Unity (11/23/07)


Reflections on Daily Life

13 Steps for Difficult Decision-Making (11/05/07)

Bright Constellation (05/20/02)

Character Counts When Voting (11/01/04)

Childless Women (01/22/07)

Christmas People (12/24/04)

Columbus Day to Halloween (10/21/02)

Earth, Sun, and Rocks (12/04/06)

Essay No. 50 (essay on why I write essays - 01/05/04)

Essay No. 64 (06/21/04)

Everyone Needs a Friend Like Her (06/09/08)

Grammar with Ketchup (01/23/06)

Hester, Constance, and Sarah (11/17/08)

Last Essay (12/01/10)

Loss of Innocence (05/25/07)

Lost Dreams, Part I (08/11/03)

Lost Dreams, Part II (08/18/03)

Memorial Day (05/26/08)

Mrs. Obama's Handbag (07/13/09)

My Books, Mine (06/06/05)

My Car Was Abducted by Space Aliens (05/27/02)

Nothing to Do (02/11/08)

Office Romance (10/18/04)

Old Guitars for the Young at Heart (10/16/06)

Quilters Own the World (06/23/08)

Self-Renewal in the New Year (01/03/05)

Sydney Poitier Modality (06/17/02)

Taking Sick Days (10/02/06)

Thank You to the World (10/03/05)

Twin Towers of Italy (03/18/02)

Valentine's Day (02/17/03)

Welcome Home, Journalists (08/05/09)

Writer's Trash File (06/21/07)

Writing Is Like Walking Down a Dark Street (07/09/07)

Writing without Plagiarizing (11/12/07)

Yard Sales: Axis of the Economy (06/07/04)

Yard Sale Sensibility (12/02/02)


Religious Commentary

Art and Heresy (04/04/07)

Art, Decency, and Money (02/02/04)

Black Church as Sociopolitical Community (05/05/08)

Calling for the Resignation of Cardinal Mahony (07/18/07)

Delusion and Worship (08/24/07)

Doers of the Word (02/07/05)

'Farewell Applause' (essay on Pope John Paul II - 04/04/05)

Freud Deserves Respect (includes definitions of Basic Defense Mechanisms - 02/04/08)

'Many Mansions' (06/24/10)

Miracle or Rescue: They Were Saved (07/29/02)

No National Day of Prayer at Nation's Capital (05/11/09)

Notre Dame ou Notre President (06/01/09)

Professional Perpetrators (11/06/06)

Should Leaders Apologize? (04/01/02)

Tale of Two Churches, One City (12/17/01)

Three Wishes for the New Year (01/02/06)

Tony Blair Is Not the Antichrist (07/02/09)

We Do Not All Worship the Same God (10/29/07)


Social Work and Psychotherapy

After the Crisis (02/04/02)

Bringing Out the Best in People (03/08/04)

Cheaper Than Therapy (11/04/02)

C.E.U.'s and M.S.W.'s (05/22/06)

Dentistry with Social Work Impressions (06/03/02)

D.S.M: Color It 52 Years Old (04/07/03)

Essay No. 78 (12/06/04)

Freud Deserves Respect (includes definitions of Basic Defense Mechanisms - 02/04/08)

Giving Up Is Not a Social Work Option (10/04/04)

Kindness of Strangers (02/06/06)

Let's Be Vigilant Regarding Homegrown Terrorists (11/30/09)

Meet Me Halfway (10/06/03)

N.A.S.W. Endorses Obama (09/10/08)

New Orleans and Social Welfare (11/07/05)

No Generic People (02/03/03)

Patient, Client, Consumer (03/07/05)

Pop Quiz for Social Workers (08/16/04)

Practicing Therapy without a License: The Right to Work? (07/24/06)

Should Therapists Be in Therapy? Part I (03/22/04)

Should Therapists Be in Therapy? Part II (04/05/04)

Should Therapists Be in Therapy? Part III (04/19/04)

Signs and Symptoms of Child Abuse (08/15/07)

Social Workers in Loan Debt (05/12/08)

Social Work Success (10/01/01)

Taking a Therapeutic Stand (11/18/02)

That's Your Opinion (08/02/04)

Therapy and Cigarettes (08/05/02)

Trust and Credibility (03/01/04)

When Patients Quit (03/03/03)

When You Don't Like a Patient (10/07/02)

Ye Olde Social Worker (08/19/02)


Some Random Notes

April Notes (04/05/10)

August Notes (08/06/07)

December Notes (12/19/05)

March Notes (03/16/09)

September Notes (09/22/08)


Some Random Thoughts

Random Associations (09/04/06)

Riddles (03/20/06)


Suggestions for Social Workers

12 Books for Conservative Social Workers (09/11/09)

American Documents for Social Work Study (list of 55 documents - 05/02/05)

American Novels for Social Work Study (brief summary of 8 novels - 07/04/05)

Disaster Resources for Mental Health Workers (09/05/05)

Free Publications for Mental Health Workers (05/03/04)

Reading Lists (06/19/06)


Technology

Got a Defective Computer? Part I (12/16/10)

Got a Defective Computer? Part II (12/18/10)

Got a Defective Computer? Part III (12/20/10)

Got Floppy Disks? (06/16/08)


Terrorism

Anthrax Better Than Alcoholism? (10/15/01)

Beyond Comprehension (02/18/02)

Bully Is Captured (essay on Saddam Hussein - 12/15/03)

Bully Is Executed (essay on Saddam Hussein - 12/31/06)

Bully Is Killed (essay on Abu Murab Al-Zarqawi - 06/12/06)

Cipro Needs a Remedy, Part I (01/07/02)

Cipro Needs a Remedy, Part II (01/21/02)

Could 9/11 Happen Again? (01/12/04)

Jordan: A Lesson in Vigilance (11/12/05)

Hatred Complex and Self-Hatred Sequence (01/07/08)

Let's Be Vigilant Regarding Homegrown Terrorists (11/30/09)

Life Is Short (11/19/01)

Post-Iraq Views of the New Year, Part I (01/01/09)

Post-Iraq Views of the New Year, Part II (01/12/09)

Post-Iraq Views of the New Year, Part III (01/19/09)

Post-Iraq Views of the New Year, Part IV (01/28/09)

Regrouping for the New Year (essay on the Bhutto assassination - 01/01/08)

Response to Abdal-Hakim Murad (04/15/02)

Response to S.M. Atif Imtiaz (05/06/02)

Tale of Two Churches, One City (12/17/01)

Terrorist Soft Theory (07/22/05)

Two Years After the Attack (09/01/03)

Westminster Bridge, July 7, 2005 (essay on the London bombings - 07/13/05)

Why Ask Why? (12/03/01)

Win the War on Terrorism Forever (03/04/02)

World Series 2001 (11/05/01)


What It Means to Be American

'Deeper Than Color' (essay on Gordon Parks - 06/05/06)

Fourth of July (07/03/06)

Nation of Neighbors (01/19/04)

Queen Visits Jamestown (05/07/07)

Quest for True Americana, Part I (essay on Ralph Waldo Emerson - 09/02/02)

Quest for True Americana, Part II (essay on Carl Rogers - 09/09/02)

Quest for True Americana, Part III (essay on Martin Luther King, Jr. - 09/16/02)

Really American, Part I (09/06/04)

Really American, Part II (09/13/04)

Really American, Part III (09/20/04)

Really American, Part IV (09/27/04)


Bibliography Notes

Bibliography Notes, Page 1

Bibliography Notes, Page 2


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