Category Archives: social sciences

The Trauma of Teenage Daughters

Posted on April 9, 2012 by ehurst

Humans are more instinctive, hard-wired, than most folks are prepared to admit. America in particular suffers from social schizophrenia about human nature. On the surface, we have a broad cultural mythology. Since it comes in several flavors, most people see … Continue reading →

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BYOC

Posted on April 5, 2012 by ehurst

Bring your own conclusions. All I have are questions and some tentative answers, plus plenty of additional information folks try to hide. To me it’s more important we dig up the stuff everyone is trying to hide. Claim and counterclaim: … Continue reading →

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Management: Delphi Politics (Updated)

Posted on April 4, 2012 by ehurst

Good evening, readers. Tonight’s lesson falls under the headings of Organizational Theory and Systems Analysis. (I offer a Christian spiritual version of this same material on my other blog. Edit: that blog has been shut down.) Every collection of humans … Continue reading →

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Manhood and Intimidation

Posted on March 31, 2012 by ehurst

We are all on the path, and I would hope I’m not the same man I was even a week ago. To be human is to be variable. It does no good to envision truth and reality as somehow objective, … Continue reading →

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Post-Victorian Feminist Mythology

Posted on March 29, 2012 by ehurst

Misty asked me to expand on the idea of Post-Victorian Feminist mythology. Victorian Literature and the underlying cultural assumptions are the core mythology behind current Western Feminist orthodoxy. Most people who’ve read much in English Literature are familiar with the … Continue reading →

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Game and Lasting Satisfaction

Posted on March 25, 2012 by ehurst

Most people really don’t know what to look for, because they don’t know what’s possible. There’s no accounting for some people’s taste. As my wife and I walked into the supermarket today, a very attractive young mom (kids in tow) … Continue reading →

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Attention Deficit and Adaptation

Posted on March 21, 2012 by ehurst

Over the past decade we see an increasing number of people who suggest Attention Deficit (both ADD and ADHD) may be the early stages of an evolutionary adaptation. For those who must know, I don’t deny evolution as a fact … Continue reading →

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TV and Video Hypnosis (Short Explanation)

Posted on March 21, 2012 by ehurst

There are whole shelves full of books explaining the details of this. Still, most people aren’t fully aware of it. Those most susceptible to it are those who argue loudest against the facts. Whether originally intended that way or not, … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Hell

Posted on February 19, 2012 by ehurst

(Note: I’m under the weather with a fever right now, so writing is kind of tough.) Libertarian philosophy completely ignores the Fall. I’m all for letting people do what they want, so long as it hurts no one but themselves. … Continue reading →

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Friend or Foe on the Net

Posted on February 1, 2012 by ehurst

When one civilization falls, and another rises to take its place, most people aren’t paying attention. We could debate the terms and argue the definitions, but I still maintain we can best understand the Internet as the means for a … Continue reading →

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