Matthew Cohen, MSW Archive
I wanted to post a discussion that a good friend of mine introduced. “Would you want to wake up from a perfect dream…. if you can’t ever be certain you’ve woken up?” We’ve all had those mornings, waking up from …
A Virginian psychologist argues that it is the evolution of how we view our shared need for each other that could most accurately determine our political standpoint. That the idea of the opposing political party is not only wrong morally …
The election in Greece which will decide the economic fate is “inconclusive.” The outcome of this election will determine if Greece stays in the Eurozone. Other results of the election could sway opinion regarding anti-immigration, prejudice and the violent sprees …
When I heard that President Obama was supporting gay marriage I immediately was skeptical about the motivations. My intuition told me that this move would boost his poll numbers with his core demographic, liberals. This is akin to a Republican candidate taking …
From a social workers perspective, the notion that inequality is necessary might almost be laughable, but a person can structure some logical arguments if they so choose. It could be argued that disparity leads to opportunity which generates motivation for work. This …
The Obama administration is hitting the ground running. Soon after coming out in favor of gay marriage, the Obama administration has commented that they will stop the deportation of young illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children. This …
I saw an article title an “Eternal Goodbye To A Good Friend” and it stopped me for multiple reasons. The first is that two people very close to me lost someone very close to them recently, and secondly a dog …
I’m not sure if this has anything to do with social work, maybe you can relay these stats to a client who is a career criminal. A paper was done to measure the effectiveness of bank security and by default …
NPR conducted a survey on how their followers would ratify amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Take a look at the ones listed and think of things you would want to see changed in how our government works. The founding fathers …
Take a look at a report of the largest donations to anti-obamacare advocacy groups made by the health care lobbying organization, AHIP. A total of 102.4 million dollars was spent within 15 months in order to quell the bill for …
