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Proscrastination Blues

“I woke up this morning faced with a decision.With so much to do, I needed a vision. Make me some coffee, take out the dog, Way down on the list…write “A Deeper Look” blog. It’s been 4 months since the last one I wrote. I’ve been putting it off like an overdue  thank you note…And I told myself Neal... Read more »
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March 15, 2012 at 8:23 pm
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To Buy Or Not to Buy....

It’s coming…..the all American holiday we’ve all been waiting for all year. No, I don’t mean Thanksgiving. I mean “Black Friday,” the national consumer-fest that officially begins the midnight after Turkey day, when our thoughts turn from gratitude for the priceless and immaterial, to our desire for all the material things that money can buy... Read more »
By nspira,
November 9, 2011 at 6:20 pm
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An Open Letter to Governor Rick Perry

An Open Letter to Governor Rick Perry
“The science is not settled on this.  The idea that we would put Americans’ economy at jeopardy based on scientific theory that’s not settled yet to me is just nonsense. ..Just because you have a group of scientists who stood up and said here is the fact. Galileo got outvoted for a spell”—Governor Rick Perry... Read more »
By nspira,
September 13, 2011 at 5:38 pm
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Our Auto-Immune Disease

Pick a place, pick an issue, on any given day- the budget deficit battle, the massacre in Norway, our own massacre in Arizona, immigration, race, religion- it seems like these days, wherever we look, it looks like someone is making an enemy out of someone else and supplying them with hostile motives that justify a... Read more »
By nspira,
July 27, 2011 at 4:27 pm
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How Do They Think They Can Get Away With It?

Much of our public conversation about the Anthony Weiners, the Rod Blagojoviches, and all the other big fish who swim in big ponds and wind up drowning has centered on their grandiosity, sense of invulnerability, and   insatiable need for attention. “How did they ever think they could get away with it?,” goes the refrain... Read more »
By nspira,
July 13, 2011 at 10:03 pm
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Woody and Me

Woody and Me
At one time I would have said that Woody Allen and psychoanalysis went together like peanut butter and jelly-or, maybe, coffee and cream. But then he got kind of creepy, and -at least for me-the affair was over.  Well, last night I saw  his latest movie,  ”Midnight in Paris,” and  it was love all over... Read more »
By nspira,
June 5, 2011 at 5:54 pm
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Time For A New Social Contract?

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The wave of freedom sweeping  over the mideast and Africa brings to my mind other changing times, including and especially the wave that swept over the Atlantic Ocean and brought about our nation’s birth. We were, as Lincoln pointed out,  a nation “conceived in liberty.”  That is, our founding principles derived from the thoughts of... Read more »
By nspira,
May 9, 2011 at 1:16 pm
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A Psychoanalytic Infomercial

When I was a boy I wanted to be a super hero with special powers that I could use to save humanity. Well, life doesn’t always turn out the way you plan it. Or does it? May 9 marks the 100th anniversary of the American Psychoanalytic Association, my professional organization. APsaA was conceived in liberty... Read more »
By nspira,
April 19, 2011 at 1:09 pm
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Riddle of the Sphinx

Riddle 1: Sphinx: What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs at night? Neal Spira: You’re looking at him. While Oedipus gets points deducted for killing his father and marrying his mother, I think he has not received enough credit for successfully answering the riddle of the Sphinx... Read more »
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April 3, 2011 at 8:00 am
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History Is on Japan's Side - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/opinion/16iht-edfretwell16.html?src=recg    ”In 2007, an international panel of experts developed a list of five conditions that need to be created in the early stages of mass trauma: 1. a sense of safety; 2. calm, 3. a sense of self and community efficacy; 4. connectedness; and 5. hope”- From The  New York Times op ed cited above. ... Read more »
By nspira,
March 17, 2011 at 8:43 pm
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