Monthly Archives: August 2012

One-Conditional Love

I’ve been thinking about the phrase “unconditional love” lately. It is hard for me to imagine anything being unconditional. It seems that the very fabric of US culture is based on conditional logic – if A then B, etc. Indeed, perhaps even our language itself is based on this conditional logic. So, if there cannot […]

Supernatural Monogamy: The Choice to Stay Faithful

A recent Houston Chronicle Blog by Kayt Sukel titled Rethinking Monogamy stated that Monogamy might not be “natural” as most mammals are not monogamous. Even mammals that partner for life, like prairie voles, may have sexual affairs. Sukel concludes that there is “no biological evidence to suggest that human beings are naturally monogamous.” I agree […]

Welcoming Hunger

It is well established that diets do not work! Ninety-five percent of people who loose weight on a diet have regained the weight that they lost within three years. In fact, there is much evidence that diets cause weight gain, by creating a sense of deprivation that tricks the body into believing it is starving. […]