by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 18, 2013 | for Body, for Mind
Samson and Caleb and I had a discussion about civil rights on Tuesday. We watched Martin Luther King, Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech and—to kick it up a notch—finished up with the Common/Will.i.am video from the inspiring movie, Freedom Writers. The grainy...
by Amy Lockhart | Mar 29, 2013 | for Mind
There is nothing I enjoy more than streams filled with icy cold water born from melting snow. The stagnant stream bed is revived and life springs forth almost instantaneously. I can smell the coldness of the water and hear the gentle smoothing of the rocks as the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 6, 2013 | for Good, for Mind
[Yesterday a friend posted the image to the right on her Facebook account with the comment, “Oh, yes it does!” Ever the fiscal conservative, I responded, “No, it doesn't!” She asked me to explain my rationale. The response became unwieldy for a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Nov 14, 2012 | for Mind, Logical Fallacy Examples
Logical Fallacy>Informal Fallacy>Red Herring>Argumentum Ad Hominem Argumentum Ad Hominem literally translates as “argument to the man” or “argument against the man.” Rather than attacking the argument itself, the personal making...
by Alison Moore Smith | Nov 8, 2012 | for Mind, Logical Fallacy Examples
False Causes>Relative Privation Relative privation is an argument that tries to make a situation, position, or phenomenon look better or worse by comparing it to an extreme. Other Names for Relative Privation It Could Be Worse/It Could Be Better Better Than/Worse...
by Amy Lockhart | Sep 8, 2012 | for Mind
Take a great sports classic, throw in some unpredictable villains, unlikely heroes lurking around every bend, a touch of young romance, and of course some good old fashioned hard times, misunderstandings, and marital discord, and what do you have? You have David...
