Thinking with Somebody Else's Head Archives - Page 21 of 31

23Jul

The Marriage of Theology and Science

Oil and water. Cats and sweaters. Neckties and table fans. Some things just aren't made to go together. Like being given plastic cutlery at a Brazilian barbecue restaurant, they're incongruous and difficult to reconcile. Some more profound examples could include faith and doubt, humility and self-confidence. And what about God and science? Today on Thinking

18Jun

HAARP and Mind Control

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

It was conducted in the shadows, far from any scrutiny. It began in the '50s and was apparently stopped in the '70s. But CIA veterans say the research continues. You may find it hard to believe, and the whole field is dismissed as being the province of paranoid conspiracy theories, but mind control is going

03Jun

Playing the Haarp

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

They've been put forward as the causes of all manner of mayhem in modern folklore and even Radio and TV shows and movies. The Shadow People that have been summoned from the beyond through black magic practices and that terrorize us while we conduct our daily lives. It's too much for our program to delve

25May

The Relevance of God in our Modern Society

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

A listener asked me recently, "Why is it necessary to speak of God." Then she went on, "We have to see this God or whatever it is in relation to all that is valid and workable in science." I agree. Because whatever you call Him - God, energy, the Great Spirit - the world is

26Mar

Waking the Sleeping Tiger

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

The term's been trotted out by sound bite trained military commanders trying to come up with a fitting image for describing the enemy. Like the Japanese admiral who reflected after Pearl Harbor, "Perhaps we've just awakened a sleeping tiger." It's always used to point to a condition of potential that waits, dozing in the wings,

01Mar

The Prison of Victimhood

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

It is enticing to follow its seductive lure. "It's not your fault. You couldn't help it. There was nothing you could do." These are the beguiling voices we hear. Victims drive the ratings on daytime TV, after all. Blaming, finger pointing, laying on the guilt - so common, so righteous, so ... convenient. And so

31Jan

Popping the Positive Thinking Bubble

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

As a few at the top have been raking in the dough in America, the rest of us have been struggling. Offically "low-wage" familes are increasing in number significantly. While the 1% at the top end is springing for $175.00 gold dusted hamburgers at the Wall Street Burger Shop, the rest of us just feel

10Jan

The Downside of Being Up

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

We see the legacy of its long history in the trend of magical thinking. Ask for it, believe in it, receive it - the mantra for getting what you want. And woe betide you if you fail to follow its sunny side up paradigm. Then you can be hit with a double whammy - problems

14Dec

The True Father of Christmas

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

One is kindly and bearded and knowing or your behavior for the whole year. He's also present in the minds of millions of young ones by the time December rolls around. The other is the definition of kindly. He's also bearded and all knowing. But here the comparison ends. Because, unfortunately for our souls, we

20Nov

Media Literacy

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

The trend is alarming - the media is concentrating in fewer and fewer hands every day it seems. And the owners are the same big guys who chum around on boards and in secret clubs with the big money industries that get all the favorable press coverage. The influence on our information consumption is ghastly.