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2010
April Notes
(04/05/10)
Audacity of Propaganda, Part II
(02/17/10)
Audacity of Propaganda, Part III
(02/22/10)
Cinco de Mayo at the Crossroads
(07/04/10)
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)
Immigration Law in Arizona and Mexico
(05/24/10)
Insight into Obama
(06/17/10)
Last Essay
(12/01/10)
'Many Mansions'
(06/24/10)
Public Schools and Narcissism
(03/15/10)
Public Schools and Rage
(03/22/10)
2009
12 Books for Conservative Social Workers
(09/11/09)
Audacity of Propaganda, Part I
(commentary on a speech by Anita Dunn - 11/13/09)
Decoding Political Talk
(02/09/09)
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)
Let's Be Vigilant Regarding Homegrown Terrorists
(11/30/09)
March Notes
(03/16/09)
Mexico, Drug Addiction, and the Brain
(08/10/09)
Mrs. Obama's Handbag
(07/13/09)
No National Day of Prayer at Nation's Capital
(05/11/09)
Notre Dame ou Notre President
(06/01/09)
Obamacentric Lesson Plan
(09/04/09)
Obama Speaks in Cairo
(06/17/09)
Obama Speaks in Strasbourg
(04/13/09)
Older But Not Wiser Republicans
(05/07/09)
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)
Tony Blair Is Not the Antichrist
(07/02/09)
Townhall Meeting with Senator McCain
(11/16/09)
Welcome Home, Journalists
(08/05/09)
2008
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)
Americans Angry at America
(03/24/08)
Audacity of Censorship, Part I
(05/21/08)
Audacity of Censorship, Part II
(11/03/08)
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)
Every Child Should Speak English, Part I
(07/17/08)
Every Child Should Speak English, Part II
(07/21/08)
Everyone Needs a Friend Like Her
(06/09/08)
Fourth Graders Are Learners, But Still Kids
(09/08/08)
Freud Deserves Respect
(includes definitions of Basic Defense Mechanisms
- 02/04/08)
G.D. the Drug Dealer
(commentary on Reverend Wright's sermons - 03/28/08)
Got Floppy Disks?
(06/16/08)
Grassroots Narcissists
(02/22/08)
Hatred Complex and Self-Hatred Sequence
(01/07/08)
Hester, Constance, and Sarah
(11/17/08)
How the Democratic Convention Constructs Meaning
(08/26/08)
How the Republican Convention Constructs Meaning
(09/05/08)
Languages in America: Legislation and Costs
(03/10/08)
Memorial Day
(05/26/08)
Mexico's Cultural Imperialism
(05/19/08)
N.A.S.W. Endorses Obama
(09/10/08)
Nothing to Do
(02/11/08)
People and Campaign: Democrats, Republicans, Independents
(05/26/08)
Personality and Campaign: Obama, Clinton, Hunter
(01/14/08)
Quilters Own the World
(06/23/08)
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)
Refocusing Civil Rights
(01/28/08)
Regrouping for the New Year
(essay on the Bhutto assassination - 01/01/08)
September Notes
(09/22/08)
She's Human, Like the Rest of Us
(09/15/08)
Social Workers in Loan Debt
(05/12/08)
Vodka Solves Nothing
(essay on the Absolut Vodka advertisement in Mexico
- 04/14/08)
Yes, I Can and I Will
(02/25/08)
2007
13 Steps for Difficult Decision-Making
(11/05/07)
15 Goals of American Education
(09/03/07)
Art and Heresy
(04/04/07)
August Notes
(08/06/07)
Calling for the Resignation of Cardinal Mahony
(07/18/07)
Childless Women
(01/22/07)
Delusion and Worship
(08/24/07)
Election Year 2004: Where It Went Wrong
(09/10/08)
Failure of Immigration Reform
(07/02/07)
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)
Loss of Innocence
(05/25/07)
Political Narcissists, Part I
(04/16/07)
Political Narcissists, Part II
(04/16/07)
Political Narcissists, Part III
(04/16/07)
Queen Visits Jamestown
(05/07/07)
Raid in Portland
(06/18/07)
Should Atheists Attend A.A?
(07/17/07)
Signs and Symptoms of Child Abuse
(08/15/07)
Societal Versus Political Divisions
(06/11/07)
Subjective Feeling of Citizenship
(06/14/07)
Thanksgiving Day Means Unity
(11/23/07)
We Do Not All Worship the Same God
(10/29/07)
Writer's Trash File
(06/21/07)
Writing Is Like Walking Down a Dark Street
(07/09/07)
Writing without Plagiarizing
(11/12/07)
2006
An Hour at a Time
(12/18/06)
A Routine Is Liberating
(11/20/06)
Bully Is Executed
(essay on Saddam Hussein - 12/31/06)
Bully Is Killed
(essay on Abu Murab Al-Zarqawi - 06/12/06)
C.E.U.'s and M.S.W.'s
(05/22/06)
'Deeper Than Color'
(essay on Gordon Parks - 06/05/06)
Earth, Sun, and Rocks
(12/04/06)
Essay No. 100
(03/06/06)
Fourth of July
(07/03/06)
Grammar with Ketchup
(01/23/06)
How Much Is One Life Worth?
(08/14/06)
Kindness of Strangers
(02/06/06)
Old Guitars for the Young at Heart
(10/16/06)
Practicing Therapy without a License:
The Right to Work?
(07/24/06)
Professional Perpetrators
(11/06/06)
Random Associations
(09/04/06)
Reading Lists
(06/19/06)
Response to Marcos Aguilar
(06/08/06)
Response to Michael Bloomberg
(essay on New York City immigrants - 08/07/06)
Riddles
(03/20/06)
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)
Taking Sick Days
(10/02/06)
Three Wishes for the New Year
(01/02/06)
2005
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)
Behavior Patterns
(12/05/05)
December Notes
(12/19/05)
Disaster Resources for Mental Health
Workers
(09/05/05)
Doers of the Word
(02/07/05)
'Farewell Applause'
(essay on Pope John Paul II - 04/04/05)
Guilty Pilots Are Sentenced, Part I
(08/01/05)
Guilty Pilots Are Sentenced, Part II
(08/15/05)
Jordan: A Lesson in Vigilance
(11/12/05)
My Books, Mine
(06/06/05)
New Orleans and Social Welfare
(11/07/05)
Patient, Client, Consumer
(03/07/05)
Self-Renewal in the New Year
(01/03/05)
Terrorist Soft Theory
(07/22/05)
Thank You to the World
(10/03/05)
Westminster Bridge, July 7, 2005
(essay on the London bombings - 07/13/05)
2004
Art, Decency, and Money
(02/02/04)
Bringing Out the Best in People
(03/08/04)
Character Counts When Voting
(11/01/04)
Christmas People
(12/24/04)
Could 9/11 Happen Again?
(01/12/04)
Election Year 2004: Reaction to 2001
(04/12/04)
Election Year 2004: Scars of Vietnam
(05/24/04)
Essay No. 50
(essay on why I write essays - 01/05/04)
Essay No. 64
(06/21/04)
Essay No. 78
(12/06/04)
Free Publications for Mental Health Workers
(05/03/04)
Giving Up Is Not a Social Work Option
(10/04/04)
Her Job Evaluation Zone
(#6 in the Zone fiction series - 07/05/04)
Her Job Resignation Zone
(#7 in the Zone fiction series - 07/19/04)
Holiday Zone
(#8 in the Zone fiction series - 11/08/04)
Nation of Neighbors
(01/19/04)
Office Romance
(10/18/04)
Pop Quiz for Social Workers
(08/16/04)
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)
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)
Sober Work Zone
(#9 in the Zone fiction series - 11/22/04)
That's Your Opinion
(08/02/04)
Trust and Credibility
(03/01/04)
Violation of Probation
(02/16/04)
Yard Sales: Axis of the Economy
(06/07/04)
2003
Bully Is Captured
(essay on Saddam Hussein - 12/15/03)
D.S.M: Color It 52 Years Old
(04/07/03)
Her Social Worker Zone
(#1 in the Zone fiction series - 01/06/03)
Job Interview Zone
(#2 in the Zone fiction series - 07/07/03)
Lost Dreams, Part I
(08/11/03)
Lost Dreams, Part II
(08/18/03)
Meet Me Halfway
(10/06/03)
No Generic People
(02/03/03)
Order in the Court Zone
(#3 in the Zone fiction series - 11/03/03)
Potato Zone
(#4 in the Zone fiction series - 11/17/03)
Recovery Czars, Part I
(05/12/03)
Recovery Czars, Part II
(05/19/03)
Recovery Czars, Part III
(06/02/03)
Therapy-Mart Zone
(#5 in the Zone fiction series - 12/01/03)
Two Years After the Attack
(09/01/03)
Valentine's Day
(02/17/03)
When Patients Quit
(03/03/03)
2002
After the Crisis
(02/04/02)
Beyond Comprehension
(02/18/02)
Bright Constellation
(05/20/02)
Cheaper Than Therapy
(11/04/02)
Cipro Needs a Remedy, Part I
(01/07/02)
Cipro Needs a Remedy, Part II
(01/21/02)
Columbus Day to Halloween
(10/21/02)
Dentistry with Social Work
Impressions
(06/03/02)
Is Society Outraged?
(07/15/02)
Library Cards and Equality
(07/01/02)
Miracle or Rescue: They Were Saved
(07/29/02)
My Car Was Abducted by Space Aliens
(05/27/02)
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)
Response to Abdal-Hakim Murad
(04/15/02)
Response to S.M. Atif Imtiaz
(05/06/02)
Should Leaders Apologize?
(04/01/02)
Sydney Poitier Modality
(06/17/02)
Taking a Therapeutic Stand
(11/18/02)
Therapy and Cigarettes
(08/05/02)
Twin Towers of Italy
(03/18/02)
When You Don't Like a Patient
(10/07/02)
Win the War on Terrorism Forever
(03/04/02)
Yard Sale Sensibility
(12/02/02)
Ye Olde Social Worker
(08/19/02)
2001
Anthrax Better Than Alcoholism?
(10/15/01)
Life Is Short
(11/19/01)
Social Work Success
(10/01/01)
Tale of Two Churches, One City
(12/17/01)
Why Ask Why?
(12/03/01)
World Series 2001
(11/05/01)
Bibliography
Notes
Bibliography Notes, Page 1
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