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Jan 10, 2025 | 
diariojudio.com | Laurence Mesirow
I learned the other day how out of touch with popular culture I was. I was attending a small gathering of people of different ages. People were being asked different party-style quiz questions. Those who answered their questions correctly were allowed to unwrap some plastic wrap from a big plastic wrap ball that was filled with all sorts of different novelty items and take the next available item. I got a fidget. Now you see I was always accustomed to use the word fidget as a verb.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
diariojudio.com | Laurence Mesirow
In past articles, I have elaborated on how people in the U.S. are getting more and more numb as a result of the increasing fictionlessness in their living environment stemming from a growing use of screens, Internet of Things, 3-D printing, and Artificial Intelligence in everyday life. All these modern technological phenomena end up putting people into an experiential vacuum from which there is no easy exit.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
diariojudio.com | Laurence Mesirow
With the American elections almost upon us, it is time to ponder what is at stake here, particularly, with the race for the presidency, and why it is at stake here. But first, I am going to touch on what isn’t at stake here. This is not primarily about a clash between two political philosophies: liberalism and conservatism.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
diariojudio.com | Laurence Mesirow
One of the fondest memories that I have from my years as a young man was my participation in the resurgence of American folk music that occurred in the sixties.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
diariojudio.com | Laurence Mesirow
Drought has come to an area that we associate with high humidity and effulgent pervasive vegetation. I’m talking about the Amazon rain forest and, in particular, the areas around the Amazon River and its tributaries. Manaus is a major Brazilian port city on the Rio Negro. which is a tributary of the Amazon. The water levels on the Rio Negro are the lowest that they have been in fifty years.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
diariojudio.com | Laurence Mesirow
There are basically two distinct ways for terminating a war between two parties that continue to exist after the war. The first way is the more traditional way where one side is the clear victor and the other side is the clear loser. Among preliterate tribes, all or part of the losing side was sometimes put into slavery after losing a war. But most of the time, the payments were not quite so extreme and difficult.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
diariojudio.com | Carmit Valensi |Sharope Blanco |Deby Beard |Deby Béard |Laurence Mesirow
La gastronomía de Vancouver, ubicada en la costa oeste de Canadá, es un reflejo de su diversidad cultural y su privilegiada ubicación geográfica. Con una rica mezcla cultural, los restaurantes … Leer Más
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
diariojudio.com | Laurence Mesirow
A few days ago, Trump made a very interesting statement. I don’t remember his exact words, but it was something to the effect that if he lost the presidential election, it would be because the Jews didn’t vote for him. In other words, as one commentator said, it was as if he was setting the Jews up as the cause for his potential failure. He was using the Jews as potential scapegoats. Now Trump is a master scapegoater.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
diariojudio.com | Laurence Mesirow
As the election for President of the United States draws closer, more and more people are using the abrasive stimulation that is being generated by the unusually intense competition involved this time around to pull themselves out of their numbness and temporarily, at least, feel more alive. Look at the endless procession of news programs with the endless discussions of what the candidates have done and the endless analysis of every little thing that happens to them on the campaign trail.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
diariojudio.com | Laurence Mesirow
As people today increasingly identify their sense of self maturation with their ability to make their own life decisions, large and small, independent of the advice and counsel of their family and friends and members of their home community, they increasingly experience the discomfort of an experiential vacuum of their own making. Because the most solid forms of human connection in most people’s lives have come from these traditional relationships.
