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The Use of Ritalin to Treat ADD

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) can be a disabling learning disorder. For young children it can make school frustrating and incomprehensible and for the teachers and parents who attempt to help children with ADD, it can provide a huge obstacle. Attention Deficit Disorder is very much what it name suggests–a disability in which the ability to [...]

Two views on love and marriage

Marriage Philosophies: The Female Perspective I am fortunate not to have come from a broken family. My parents have been married all my life and have set me up for romantic hopelessness. In a time when the divorce rate is over 50%, it’s difficult to imagine that marriage in anything more than the legally binding [...]

The american civil war

Civil strife of every form has never promoted the human cause. Notwithstanding whatever justification is cited for embarking on violence as a dispute resolution measure, in retrospect, the stakes are often way overboard. Same can be said about the internecine American Civil War, which was fought between the Congress backed Northern states against the dominantly [...]

The more things change, the more they stay the same

In science, the rules of entropy all boil down to a single fact: there are many ways to be chaotic, but only one form of order. In life this translates to the reality that no matter how many times change occurs, it is still a form of chaos and in this perspective, nothing really changes [...]

Society’s impact on body image

In the animal kingdom laws of attraction exist for drawing the most desirable mates and increasing chances of reproductive success. More often then not, it is the male of the species that dons the more impressive features, sings the merrier song or wears the most colorful coat in attempts to attract the female. While the [...]

African pygmy ethnomusicology

The Pygmies are a hunting and gathering peoples from the rain forests and jungles of Central Africa in the countries now known as Cameroon, Gabon and Congo. They are characterized by their short stature and although the term “Pygmy” is derogatory, no other term has been presented a an alternative, with many individual tribes preferring [...]

Vacations

A two week cruise through the Caribbean or a weekend skiing in the Rocky Mountains, everyone loves to get away whether for a weekend, a few weeks or months at a time. Taking holidays is something all people do to get away from the daily grind. Some go to experience a new culture, some for [...]