The sad life of Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday biography is probably the best known female jazz artist… The lady had the blues people! She was a lady to deal with all the stress in her life. Today it’s easy to get mental help for depression, but in Billie’s day it wasn’t so easy… today Xanax or Prozac are readily available! For Billie it was alcohol and […]

Evolution and the Rock Star: The Death of Michael Jackson and the Psychology of the Hero Cult

Michael Jackson’s death is a reminder of the vibrancy of America’s (and the world’s) cult of celebrity. The intensity of the global public response leads one to wonder: why is society so deeply affected by the death of a person who was known for his bizarre behavior and questionable judgment? Evolutionary psychology provides a useful perspective. When evolutionary psychologists observe […]

mom evans

Erma Evans, a widow in the Church of God, served as a perfect example of what the Apostle Paul asked of our older women (Titus 2:3). She touched the lives of many and was affectionately called “Mama Evans” by the youth of the Worldwide Church of God in Toledo, Ohio: singles from the church whom she graciously treated to a […]

The evolution of language affects business writing

Below are some observations about the nature of our language and how it is changing. Here is a sentence containing several examples of language evolution. “If you Google “laser” and the interface that definitely with the tangebalized results we already have, we can destroy the vegetables :)” The sentence above contains several ways our language is changing: a new spelling […]