The Merits of Stereotypes

Stereotypes invariably refer in a generalized manner to – often arbitrary – groups of people, usually minorities. Stereotypes need not necessarily be derogatory or cautionary, though most of them are.

Thoughts on the Internet’s Founding Myths

Oceans of information are today at the fingertips of one and sundry. This is undisputed. The Internet is a vast storehouse of texts, images, audio recordings, and databases. But what matters is whether people make good use of this serendipitous cornucopia.

Narcissist vs. Psychopath

As opposed to most narcissists, psychopaths are either unable or unwilling to control their impulses or to delay gratification. They use their rage to control people and manipulate them into submission.

Janusz Courts Dinah

“She’ll be back” – my mother reassured her nervously, fighting a losing battle with the spot – “She has nowhere else to go. He shares the same room with his mother. She watches over him relentlessly. If you ask me, there is something unhealthy going on between these two. No wonder he is like that.”

Female Narcissists – Gender and the Narcissist

In the manifestation of their narcissism, female and male narcissists, inevitably, do tend to differ. They emphasise different things. They transform different elements of their personalities and of their lives into the cornerstones of their disorder.

The Savings and Loans Associations Bailout

The savings and loans association, or the thrift, was a strange banking hybrid, very much akin to the building society in Britain. It was allowed to take in deposits but was really merely a mortgage bank.

The Bursting Asset Bubbles

Uniquely, tulipmania was not an organized scam with an identifiable group of movers and shakers, which controlled and directed it. Nor has anyone made explicit promises to investors regarding guaranteed future profits.

Narcissists, Narcissistic Supply and Sources of Supply

The narcissist, in contrast, is the mental equivalent of an alcoholic. He is insatiable. He directs his whole behaviour, in fact his life, to obtain these pleasurable titbits of attention.

Euthanasia and the Right to Die

Involuntary euthanasia – where the individual wishes to go on living – is an euphemism for murder.

The Roots of Pedophilia

Pedophiles are attracted to prepubescent children and act on their sexual fantasies.