Current novels are replete with lurid crimes, carnage, and death. Do you get wistful when you recall the romantic tales which begin with an innocent maiden traveling through the rustic countryside? She is dressed in glittering raiment. The scene is idyllic. Without warning, the group is set upon by a virile brigand, who, the most …
The saga on introduction of that diminutive song bird, the canary, into the homes of the world as tame pets is an interesting one. In the sixteenth century a trading ship going to Italy stopped at an island named “Canis,” from the Latin word for wild dog, which could be found there in profuse numbers, …
Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher who is reputed to be the forerunner of the current vogue of existentialism. In appearance he was a frail and ungainly man. An extremely erudite thinker and writer, he was a potent force in propagating the new approach to live. His philosophy would excoriate those who believed that man …
One of the latent dangers indigenous to our constitutional guarantee of freedom of the press has to do with the protection of the individual against the detriment that might come from news reports involving him. There are libel laws which protect against false charges. If an individual believes his character or livelihood have been damaged …
Natural disasters tend to nullify the best efforts of mankind. It is as though there are forces at work that are contemptuous of our proud achievements. Who has not read of or seen the waters which deluge our towns and cities, jeopardizing lives and culminating in the destruction of the results of endless work in …
Socially, the handicapped person is often treated as a pariah. Most people hold themselves aloof from normal contact with those who are “different.” This social separation propagates additional feelings of antipathy. If the normal individual would socialize with the handicapped individual, he would learn in a pragmatic way that these are people who happen to …
Why is there any question about the propriety of hiring the physically handicapped? No one understands their needs can condone this attitude. The offering of employment should not be considered largesse. There should be no need to vindicate the hiring of a handicapped person. The only criterion should be what he is capable of doing. …
The obstacle which frustrate the physically handicapped person who is seeking employment may turn him into the cynic. Too often a prospective employer, which a rather unctuous manner, actually tends to degrade the handicapped by proffering employment that is really beneath him and his abilities. The employer appears to be acting in the benevolent manner, …
If one were to look at the rooster of physical handicaps, one would reach the somber conclusion that the list is a long one. Included would be stunted development of an arm or leg due to a birth anomaly. Others would be the result of a crippling disease which has caused muscles to atrophy. The …
Despite the antipathy towards commercials expressed by the viewers, the remarkable success of television commercials in selling products make it manifest that the advertiser had gleaned what the interviewer wants to see and hear from this research interview. This has helped the advertiser delve deeply into what motivates people when they go into the supermarket …