I just had a double-whammy this week.  I attended a community play of George Orwell’s 1984 (where an authority tries to convince a captive that the four fingers he’s holding out represent five fingers), and watched the movie The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski (where Oscar-winner Adrian Brody frantically escapes one Nazi after another in...Read More

So, I hear you voted for Trump, eh?  Well, there’s no way I can possibly fathom why you made that choice – I’m sure you had your reasons.  But I just wanted you to stop for a moment and consider what you accomplished in voting for Donald J. Trump.  Look at what he’s done in...Read More

The following is an article I wrote that was published in Arts of Thought, a website dedicated to sharing the knowledge and wisdom of intriguing healers and thinkers from around the planet. There’s a program on the web that invites people during the month of November to write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days. Well,...Read More

In this video, part 2 of my series of videos on my book The Myth of the ADHD Child, I look at how we can use a developmental perspective to make sense of ADHD symptoms (rather than explaining them by seeing them as due to a medical disorder).  I’ve included the transcript to the video...Read More

In a previous video, we looked at how the eight intelligences in Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences, develop as a result of nature (e.g. genetics etc.), nurture (e.g. education, parenting etc.), and culture (the broader social-historical context in which we find ourselves).  Adding to this understanding is the fact that each of the eight...Read More