BurningbirdMy senior psychology research project was about “learned helplessness”, based on the work by Martin E. P. Seligman. He saw it as the underlying basis for depression, while I was interested in its effect on workers. I have written about learned helplessness in the past. Oddly enough, one of the writings is titled, Learned Terrorism, posted […]
The story read that the FBI had arrested two New Black Panther members for buying explosives to bomb Ferguson protests. Not long after, though, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch posted a story that what really happened is the FBI arrested two men for providing false information when buying guns. And the New Black Panther association? Well, that’s […]
Our Governor Jay Nixon has decided to roll out the troops by declaring a state of emergency before the Ferguson Grand Jury decision. As LOLGOP tweeted: Nothing says you trust your institutions and constituents like preemptively declaring a state of emergency. — LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) November 17, 2014 The St. Louis County police have been put in charge of […]
I signed up for healthcare coverage for 2015 at Healthcare.gov. Unlike last year, absolutely no problems with the system. The only hiccup occurred with United Healthcare when I tried to review its provider network—that system seems to be unable to stand the load. The government site, though, was a piece of cake. I was able […]
The USDA has been busy approving genetically modified crops for cultivation, including a potato and alfalfa. I’ll have much more to say on GMO later, but I wanted to focus on one aspect of the approval process—the submittal of public comments. Before the USDA approves a new GMO crop, it opens the approval for public comments. The USDA […]