July 25, 2009

8 year old disowned in Arizona; no charges laid

An article in the BBC reports an 8 year old Liberian immigrant girl is raped in Arizona by 4 pre-teen and teenage Liberian immigrant boys, prompting her parents to disown the girl for shaming the family. Two parts of caught my attention:
“They too need serious counselling because clearly they are doing something, something that [...]

July 25, 2009

Individualism as a symptom of progressivist regression

I’ve had this post on my list of things to read for a couple of days. It is a thought provoking way of presenting an idea and while I was reading it, I found myself comparing the self concept (being our own star) to the phases of development. Self absorption comes first. [...]