by Gregory Fahy | Apr 22, 2010 | The Public Humanist
I have been a facilitator for Literature & Medicine discussions at the Togus Veterans Administration Hospital in Augusta, Maine for the past two years and have borne witness to some remarkable discussions. In my day job, I am a philosophy professor at the...
by Bob Meagher | Apr 26, 2010 | The Public Humanist
As the savage harvest of World War I was underway in Europe, Sigmund Freud offered this less than prescient comment in an essay entitled “Thoughts for the Times on War and Death”: When the frenzied conflict of this war shall have been decided, every one of...
by David Sittenfeld | Apr 29, 2010 | The Public Humanist
Motor Vehicle Pollution, Social Justice and Public Health David Sittenfeld, Jon Levy, Sam Lipson, Joanne Nicklas, and Wig Zamore A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that that chronic exposure to motor vehicle pollution can trigger health problems such as...
by Martha Davis | May 10, 2010 | The Public Humanist
Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Community Action Network A right to housing? Sounds unAmerican! Sounds like socialism! Well, actually, the right to housing is an American idea that’s been around for quite some time and that has found support in high places. Almost...
by Jim Wald | May 13, 2010 | The Public Humanist
early in the film: Mordecai (Billy Curtis): What did you say your name was again? The Stranger (Clint Eastwood): I didn’t. Mordecai: No. I guess you didn’t at that, did you? just before the conclusion: Mordecai: You know, I never did know your name. The...
