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By Matthew Cohen SJS Staff Writer There continues to be optimism that Democrats and Republicans can do their jobs before the New Year. I say “do their jobs”, because making sure that the country is stable is their job. It …
by Victoria Brewster, MSW – SJS Staff Writer One only has to follow the Canadian news, read the local paper or talk to health professionals, who will say Socialized Medicine or Medicare needs an overhaul. While there are many benefits to …
By Matthew Cohen SJS Staff Writer With the holiday season drawing near, our wonderful elected officials sound almost optimistic at the prospect of bi-partisan support for legislation that would prevent the fiscal cliff from crippling the economy. This is certainly the time of year …
By Victoria Brewster, MSW SJS Staff Writer I attended an all day workshop on NLP-Neurolinguistic Programming yesterday here in Montreal. NLP at its most basic, is a form of Behavior Modification. It has been around since the 1970’s- think Fritz Perls, Milton …
Violence on the Israeli-Syrian border is escalating. Hamas continues to fire rockets into Israel; Israel is bombing Hamas. I could have written that 5,10,15,or 20 years ago it would hold true in some way or another. War always makes me sad. It is the …
By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW SJS Staff Writer The United States isn’t the only country struggling to offer more rights to Gay and Lesbian individuals. The French socialist government has recently approved a bill that would allow gay and lesbian couples …
Ok, I will be first to bring up the upcoming holiday season which officially kicks of next Friday for ‘Black Friday’. The biggest shopping day of the year or at least that is what I remember when I worked in …
This article from Huffington Post really caught my eye. It’s not often I hear some sense from politicians when it concerns campaign finance and corporations. This is especially true of the GOP; hearing it from Newt Gingrich is a remarkable. There is no way …
By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW SJS Staff Writer One need only to read any newspaper or news website to find that Israel and Gaza are at the brink of war after an air strike against Hamas leaders that killed one of …
While reading the book, ‘Happiness’ by Matthieu Richard, chapter 22, I came across some amazing information on Ethics as the’ Science of Happiness’. It discusses Buddhism and that ethics is not just ways of acting, but a way of being. As humans …
