Archive - 2004
October 21st
A couple interesting websites
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 10/21/2004 - 20:50A survey of Internet Use for Political Information.
Very much worth checking out.
Book Recommendations
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 10/21/2004 - 20:07Over on a BlogExplosion blog, Psych Grad Mamma asked for a list of book recommendations. Here is what I came up with:
If you want some very enjoyable fiction that is very close to psychology, I highly recommend Irv Yalom's books,
When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel of Obsession and
Lying on the Couch : A Novel. Of course, his book Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy is a classic, but that isn't fiction.
October 20th
The Meta-Mastah Narrative
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Wed, 10/20/2004 - 11:04(Originally published in Greater Democracy)
Roger Hurwitz has provided some wonderful comments to Jock’s insightful commentary on the master narrative. He refers to Lyotard claiming that there are no longer master narratives. He questions if there is a Master, or ‘Mastah’ narrative, is there a slave narrative? He suggests that topology is the topic and suggests that we need to think about the role of self-organization.
Yet perhaps that gets to the crux of what Jock is saying. The master narrative, or perhaps meta-mastah narrative is about how changes in technology are affecting the dynamic between top down organization and bottom up organization. We saw this as a major dynamic in the Democratic presidential primaries. The Kerry campaign and the Bush campaign are both tilted more towards top down organization which is why the dynamic hasn’t been as apparent in the presidential election, but it is still there.
October 19th
The water is wide...
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 10/19/2004 - 18:01Fiona is now three years old. She just came up to me and sang a little bit of 'The Water is Wide'.
The water is wide, I cannot cross o'er
I was reading a blog I found through Blog Explosion. trucandygirl is a proud U.S. Marine's wife.
... and neither have I wings to fly...
The Medical Liability Insurance Crisis
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 10/19/2004 - 16:51Last week, Kim and I took Fiona to our pediatrician. While we were there we noted signs put up by Connecticut Doctor’s for Good Medicine. The sign was urging patients to support nine different candidates. We have spent a bit of time researching the PAC as well as the issues and would like to share the following observations.
About the PAC
Actually, Connecticut Doctor’s for Good Medicine is registered with the state as two separate two person PACs. Connecticut Doctor’s for Good Medicine (Norwalk Chapter), Claudia Gruss, MD, Treas.,P.O. Box 270, Georgetown, CT 06829 and Connecticut Doctor’s for Good Medicine (Stamford Chapter) Charles Littlejohn, MD, Treas., 70 Mill River Street, Stamford, CT 06902.
