Psychological Analysis of the U.S.
Depak Chopra wrote an interesting article last week, Obama and the Palin Effect, describing Sarah Palin as Barack Obama’s psychological “shadow” (the repressed and rejected parts of ourselves). He states:
“She is the reverse of Barack Obama, in essence his shadow, deriding his idealism and turning negativity into a cause for pride. In psychological terms the shadow is that part of the psyche that hides out of sight, countering our aspirations, virtue, and vision with qualities we are ashamed to face: anger, fear, revenge, violence, selfishness, and suspicion of ‘the other.’” Read more
A Tale of Two Warriors
The following is written by a good friend of mine, Lewis Merrick:
Forty years ago there were two men engaged in defending this country. One, a white man named John McCain. The other, a Black man named Martin King. Each man followed his father and grandfather into the family business. Both wore uniforms of their calling; John wore the naval clothing of his calling and Martin wore the religious vestments of his. Read more

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