by drmontyknight | Dec 8, 2011 | Religion, Culture, and Politics
In the interest of full disclosure (in case you hadn’t noticed), I know as much about economics as I know about solid state physics, open heart surgery, how to construct the Arthur Ravenel Bridge and many other matters as well. So when the opportunity presents...
by drmontyknight | Dec 1, 2011 | Education
I recently attended an impressive classical music concert in the beautiful auditorium at Charleston’s School of the Arts. The occasion for the presentation was a regional workshop for high schoolers who play instruments typical of a symphonic orchestra: violin,...
by drmontyknight | Nov 24, 2011 | Religion
My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. The reasons vary. For one, most people seem to have something within themselves that values gratitude, be they religious or not. In other words, compared to Christmas, for example, Thanksgiving is a notably less sectarian holiday....
by drmontyknight | Nov 17, 2011 | Mental Health
I was on the phone the other day with my buddy, a Penn State alum. He is one of our nation’s “greatest generation,” having had his college career interrupted by his service in World War II. Our conversation could just as well have been about the...
by drmontyknight | Nov 10, 2011 | Ethics
Someone has said that “our morality is who we are in the dark, when no one else is watching, when nobody knows, or perhaps even cares.” In this respect, my buddy, an alcoholic in recovery for many years–he once shared a revealing experience with me....
by drmontyknight | Nov 4, 2011 | Marriage and Family Life
The more we’re trying to change anyone, the more they will be resisting us. Relationships are what family therapists call “emotional systems.” The most important characteristic of which is how more or less reactive the persons involved are to one...
by drmontyknight | Oct 27, 2011 | Mental Health
I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy–what happened to the University of South Carolina’s great sophomore running back, Marcus Lattimore, who suffered a season-ending knee injury when the Gamecocks played at Mississippi State in a recent college...
by drmontyknight | Oct 21, 2011 | Psychology
Across my nearly seven decades of living, I have decided that the most important question for any of us is, “Who or what defines us? Who or what tells us who we are?” For some, it is primarily material; for others, moral and spiritual–or perhaps...
by drmontyknight | Oct 14, 2011 | Religion, Culture, and Politics
If you’ve paid any attention to the rhetoric of the Religious/Political Right these days, you’re likely aware that one of the several targets these folk have in their sights is the teaching of evolution in our public schools. Whether one should consider...
by drmontyknight | Oct 6, 2011 | Mental Health
My receding hairline these days reveals a small blue spot above my forehead. And sometimes I’m asked what it is. I explain that it is pencil lead. When I was a 14-year-old high school freshman, an older kid stuck a pencil in my head, a reminder of which my...
