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Humans are unique in their wide ability to learn from and adapt to a changing world. The unique aspects of ourselves makes us distinctively different then the rest of the natural world.

Alcohol

Anger

Behavior

Choices

Color

Drugs

Feelings

Friendship

Hope

Identity

Life Lessons

Madness

Routine

Sadness

Therapy

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Alcohol

Alcohol - November 10, 2008 (Featured)
Usually a good drink but it can cause problems with abuse.

Don't Buy Coors - July 27, 2006
Coors is good beer but terrible politics.

Pabst Blue Ribbon - May 24, 2006
Confessions of a boy who likes that ever so cheap and delicious beer.

Anger

What Does Hate Mean Today? - November 11, 2008 (Featured)
Some thoughts on hate and political action.

Revenge Never Works - August 18, 2004
One upping another person will never make things better, only worst.

What Does Anger Mean Today? - May 31, 2004
A look at 'public' anger as a legitimate reaction to a sometimes disfunctional political society.

Sublimation: A Way to Truth and Freedom - May 25, 2004
Reasons why we should try to appease our unsocial desires instead of repressing them.

Passionate Words - March 8, 2003
Short poem about passion versus anger.

Behavior

Man and His Political Acts - May 1, 2006
Radical behaviorialism and the class based vote.

Social Control Breaksdown - May 17, 2005
Why society can't always protect itself from the individual.

Legitimate Feelings - December 14, 2004
How mass-society forces us to have certain kinds of feelings.

Understanding Behavior - September 2, 2004
How the interaction of environment, experience, and the autonomous individual define interaction.

The 'R.D. Laing Problem' - April 26, 2004
Andrew looks at phenomenology, our notion of experience, and how we see each other and ourselves.

Choices

On 'Loners' and the Solitary Life Style - May 19, 2004
Why so called loners and those who choose to live a solitary life-style are not disfunctional or evil.

Color

The Colorful World of the Web - May 31, 2004
Thoughts on the use of color in websites and how it's careful application can promote a desired message.

Drugs

Why Do People Get High? - June 5, 2006
A look at the causes of illicit drug use.

Dangerous Drugs - May 31, 2006
Why some drugs must be outlawed.

Saying No to Drugs: A Personal Choice - April 18, 2006
Why I choose not to use any substances illegal or legal.

LSD and the Self - June 22, 2005
The possibilities of one drug that is now illegal.

Experiencing Marijuana - September 6, 2004
Thoughts on that not-so-bad illegal drug.

Rockefeller Drug Laws: History and Solutions - August 31, 2001
A short history of the Rockefeller Drug Laws, the problems they created, and some solutions for fixing them.

Drugs: A Family and Personal Issue - March 31, 2001
When it comes to treat addiction, families should come first.

On Illegal Drugs - January 31, 2001
The War on Drugs, Privacy and Freedom...

Feelings

I Like Feeling Small - October 29, 2008
It's good to realize your not the dominent force in the world.

Feelings - November 25, 2007
What it means to have feelings as humans.

Active-Negative Personality - December 14, 2005
How the personality of greatness even with its pitfalls should be celebrated.

Redefining Ourselves Beyond Labels - September 14, 2005
Too often we deny ourselves flexibility by binding ourselves to labels.

New Toy Feeling - December 1, 2004
What it feels like for an adult to get a new toy to play with...

Friendship

Individual Making Friends - February 18, 2006
The importance of giving part of the self up to be a good friend.

Hope

Believe - May 2, 2006
When you believe you can do great things.

What Does Courage Mean Today? - March 7, 2005
A look at the contemporary meaning of courage in a society that shuns it.

Smile a Little Smile - January 10, 2005
Our faces reveal a lot about how we see our world.

Identity

Narcissism - August 8, 2007
Be a self advocate, but remember humanity.

Our Own Worst Enemy - May 3, 2004
Personal reflection on what it means to be an individual and my experience of the world around me.

Life Lessons

Judith Kaye's Life Lessons - April 16, 2007
Some words of wisdom from the NYS Chief Justice.

Madness

Thoughts on Autism - September 22, 2006
Autism is a difficult communications disorder.

What is a Nervous Breakdown? - December 22, 2005
How such psychological stresses can be transforming experiences.

Alienation - May 7, 2005
From a psychitaric term to a societal problem needing treatment.

Flashbacks - November 2, 2004
A look at memories that get stirred up and force us to see today in yesterday's light.

Schizophrenia and Society - September 18, 2004
A look at how we define this social construct.

Exploring and Questioning Madness - May 10, 2004
Andrew questions what it means to be 'mad' or insane, and how such a categorization both benefits and hurts society.

Routine

Routine: A Great Danger - August 18, 2008 (Featured)
We routinely do many things in our lives, without considering the potential abuse that routine creates.

Sadness

Dealing with Depression - December 2, 2004
A look beyond medicine for truth.

Therapy

Why Go to Psychotherapy? - July 21, 2006
Psychotherapy help you find yourself as an individual.

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