by Norman W . Wilson, PhD Have you ever thought about how a book gets on the library shelf? Do you know what it takes to get a DVD or CD on the shelf? Does the local librarian order, receive and shelve the books? Nope. The local librarian doesn’t do that. Not in the...
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by Norman W Wilson, PhD One of the more difficult words to define is soul. It is one of those words that entered the main stream of thought and as it did so, it lost much of it original intent as the breath of life. Today we have Soul-mate, Soul-sister, Soul-music, Soul-train, and Soul-food....
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by Norman W Wilson, Phd. A recent article in MyNorthwest.com bylined by Linda Thomas of KIRO radio has stirred the fire in this old man. The article titled, “A Brave New World Controversy” (November 17,2010) provides information regarding a parent’s complaint about Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. It has resulted in a curriculum change...
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by Norman W. Wilson, PhD Gunter, in this first novel of the Wally Winchester trilogy, skillfully sets the stage in the Prologue and for an immediate flash forward from Colonial New England to contemporary times. A garage sale grunge is stopped at the Canadian/American border at Port Angeles, Washington. He is hassled a bit...
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by Norman W Wilson, PhD Three authors form the basis for this essay: philosopher-poet, Friedrich Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy, psychiatrist Carl Jung’s Psychological Types, and existential psychologist Rollo May’s The Courage to Create. Nietzsche, all too often maligned, claims there are two opposing forces in man’s creative nature. He calls these the Apollonian...
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by Norman W Wilson, PhD I recently had the opportunity sit down with Dr. Bloom and her husband, Marty and talk about service animals, specifically dogs. Dr. Bloom, who has a service dog, is a strong advocate for service dogs and for those who need them. She has recently retired from the University of...
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Mythology has long been a favorite study for me. My doctoral dissertation was about the Greek myth of Prometheus. Mythology has held a fascination for humankind for over two millennia. Everyone enjoys a good story. Humans by their very nature are story tellers. Yet, is that all there is to mythology–stories of creation, of...
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by Norman W Wilson, PhD Trends in contemporary medicine suggest a holistic approach to patient treatment. Such an approach is not new. For centuries, the ancient Chinese traditional medicine as well as that of the Indian Ayurveda have treated the ill from a holistic point of view. Our own Native Americans have long placed...
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by Norman W Wilson, PhD Recent reports (Education Nation on MSNBC) state 40.9 per cent of American schools are low-income schools. Think what the implications are. Nearly half of all Americans have what is considered a low- income and their children attend schools poorly funded, lacking in materials and in some cases, qualified teachers....
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by Norman W Wilson, PhD A current tend blowing across the land in the thinking of education policy makers is alarming and exemplifies their failure to comprehend educational-learning processes. There is a building consensus the failure of the American Educational System can be fixed through improvement in students' scores on standardized tests. Two areas...
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