I didn’t know what to expect yesterday at my sitting spot in Lower Park after coming upon a young man smoking pot there a few days ago. But I was…
Martin LeFevre
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Presuming that Barack Obama has won another term, can he offer a new vision for America and the world? Ironically, given his rhetorical skills and ‘transformational’ candidacy, his first term…
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I don’t really like the word ‘mystical.’ It’s imprecise, and full of contradictory meanings, from divine to derisive. But carefully considered, the word may point to a limitless uncharted territory…
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Following the epic (dare I say ‘biblical’) hurricane/nor’easter that slammed the entire east coast of the United States, killing scores and causing upwards of 50 billion dollars damage, the lyrics…
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The US presidential debates are over, and we’re finally in the final stretch before this interminable election ends on November 4th. It’s been a soul-numbing two-year campaign that’s made even…
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“The greatest triumph of the devil in the modern age is convincing people he doesn’t exist.” I don’t remember the author of that memorable quote, but it encapsulates the problem…
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Psychology, as a discipline and as a healing profession, has become a grab bag of inchoate and often incoherent theories, philosophies, and treatments. It is fair and necessary to ask:…
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It’s a clear fall morning in the parkland, and the sun is at 45 degrees over a huge, twin-trunked sycamore on the other side of the stream. Large, heart-shaped leaves…