Q: How can I tell if I’m ready to date after a divorce or separation? A: “When the idea of getting to know a new…
Posts published by “Martin Levinson”
Martin H. Levinson, PhD, New York University, is a past president of the Institute of General Semantics, book editor for ETC: A Review of General Semantics, and a contributing editor to The Satirist: America's Critical Most Journal. He has published 14 books and scores of articles on topics ranging from self-help fairy tales to social and historical analyses. He is currently a faculty member with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Stony Brook University, a teacher for the United Federation of Teachers’ Si Beagle Learning Program, which is located in New York City, and a lecturer on contemporary and historical topics for schools and public libraries.
By Martin H. Levinson Anderson Cooper sticks a mic in front of my face on Central Park South in New York City, cues the camera,…
By Martin H. Levinson If we all owned guns we’d get faster service at the DMV, be listened to more respectfully in the office. Muggers…
Bold, clever, and useful ideas to keep people working and optimistic are vital in tough economic times. Here are five such notions that fit the…
Many Americans believe the job of educating children should be shifted to the private sector to save money and to provide better instruction to children.…
Many Americans identify themselves through compound forms based on national or regional origin—African-American, Italian-American, Irish-American, Mexican-American, etc. Such individuals often band together and hold parades, have parties, and get politicians to cater to their particular interests. But what about folks who identify themselves in ways other than where they or their descendants came from? Shouldn’t these people be able to form collectives and get in on the action? Take the case of Ugly-Americans.
The following are five new mental disorders that have been included in the American Psychiatric Association’s 2015 edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of…
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