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2 Live Jews – As Kosher as They Wanna Be

[DISCLAIMER] In elementary and junior high school, my dad taught me tenets of the Jehovah’s Witnesses faith. This included lessons about Jews, or the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of ancient Israel and Judah who traditionally adhere to Judaism. Teaching me to love all fallible human beings, as God so loved the world (John 3:16), I wasn’t taught antisemitism (hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jew

Hip Hop and REBT

Deric Hollings

Jul 2810 min read

Real Terrorism: Operation Eternal Darkness

[ DISCLAIMER ] When serving in the United States (U.S.) Marine Corps (1996-2007), I was taught that terrorism was the use of violence against noncombatants to achieve political or ideological aims. Generally, such terroristic action involves intention (a determination to act in a certain way). To draw a meaningful distinction, I invite you to consider two hypothetical scenarios. Scenario one: A U.S. Marine expeditionary force deliberately targets a village of civi

Hip Hop and REBT

Deric Hollings

Apr 910 min read

The Problem-Solution Dialectic: A Wicked Problem

[ DISCLAIMER ] The late German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel proposed what is often referred to as the Hegelian dialectic . For context, the American Psychological Association thusly describes three uses of the term dialectic : 1. in general, any investigation of the truth of ideas through juxtaposition of opposing or contradictory opinions . 2. the conversational mode of argument attributed to Socrates , in which knowledge is sought through a process o

Deric Hollings

Apr 612 min read

Nothing but Opinion Is the Cause of a Troubled Mind and Uneasiness

[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing series regarding a book entitled The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman . Today’s lesson on Stoicism regards opinions ( subjective , and often invalid and/or unreliable , views , judgments , or appraisals formed in the mind about a particular matter). Regardi

The Daily Stoic

Deric Hollings

Mar 2111 min read