Social Science

Martin Luther was the son of a copper miner who went on to become a wealthy mine owner. Hans Luther insisted that his son become and educated man, so Martin Luther studied law and theology before receiving the call to…
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Positive psychology is a new branch of psychology that just recently emerged in 1998, being founded by psychologist Martin Seligman. According to Seligman, psychology has focused too much on just mental diseases and what is wrong with people and has…
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There are several theories that lead a person to develop anorexia, but each individual case is unique.  Anorexia is a need for control.  Usually anorexia strikes women, but men can also develop the disorder.  It usually starts around the beginning…
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It has long been known that cacao, the basis of chocolate, existed in Ancient Mexico some 3,500 years ago, but recent evidence which found traces of cacao on a 2,500 year old Mayan plate has caused great excitement because it…
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The origins of agriculture began all over the world, at least 10,000 years ago, but the archeological evidence found in the Fertile Crescent, an area including the floodplains of Northern Egypt and hooking North and East to the Persian Gulf…
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There are bumper stickers that advertise. There are bumper stickers that tell where we have been. Bumper stickers brag about our honor student children or threaten to beat up our honor student children. They tell jokes, make political statements, encourage…
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The term “psychopath” is not used very much in psychiatry these days. Now we use the terms “sociopath” or “antisocial personality”. Whatever term you prefer, they all describe the same type of personality and behavior. For this article, I’ll use…
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Ideology throughout the ages has been used to manipulate and control whole societies. The proof for this is written throughout history. Historically,dictatorships, {and even democratically- elected governments}, have been able to subjugate their citizens virtually at will. How have they…
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When I was a young student taking political science courses, politics was described as the ‘art of compromise.’ Politicians sought to broker coalitions and compromises that resulted in policies aimed at the greater good of the masses and the country…
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The US prison system is expected to do two things: punish criminals in order to deter crime, and rehabilitate criminals into becoming productive members of society. There is a never ending battle between three or four forces of opinion in…
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