This will be my shortest blog to date. There has begun an apparent cultural battle over what matters in recent months. I'm going to weigh in just a little. Since the death of George Floyd, and the growth in attention to the Black Lives Matter movement, a residual good has happened. I've noticed many people who never before indicated that they gave a rats ass about black lives or child sex trafficking now are very concerned about the latter. That's good. It's a horrible thing, and it's a world wide problem. Law enforcement at all levels should continue to work to end it. I hope those same people are as concerned for children who are sexually abused by family members and friends, because that number is much higher and much harder to prosecute. And, it is something we can all do more than just post memes about on Facebook, by teaching our children how to protect themselves and to not be ashamed or afraid to tell, and by being aware of warning signs that we might see, and not ignoring them. This however, does not reek of conspiracies, so it's not quite as cool to obsess over. But please don't get me wrong. I believe child sex trafficking is also a horrible thing that we must work to end. If there is a hell, I believe people who are involved in child sex trafficking should burn in it..along with those who wish them well.
Yes. It really is “all in my head.” Since I’ve had the responsibility of dealing at close range with “dementia meets bipolar disorder” for the past few years, I’ve thought more and more about how our brains work...or don’t. So, while I readily admit I have no more expertise in neurology than the next person, I think a lot about how we historically (and presently) have misconstrued and misunderstood so many things related to our brains. For example, phrases like "you're just imagining things," or "you're just hearing things" as explanations for hallucinations have long been a dismissive approach to what can be very real and serious mental disorders. The key word being "just." Going back in time, yet still not totally absent in the present, there is the idea that supernatural forces or demonic entities were causes of behavior we now know to be related to neurological disorders and chemical imbalances in the brain. I think part of humanity’s struggl
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