Bizarre and horrific behaviors have rational and understandable roots. Most of us don't want to think so because it helps us see ourselves as so different. But how different are we?

Cults can brainwash members into believing the way the leaders want the members to believe, and yet the members are as much "Victims" as the children they end up hurting. How can we sort this out and have empathy for ALL the abused?

How can we explain the kind of bloody horror occurring in the streets of Chicago? Getting caught up in the Cycle of Egocentrism is a deadly business. Are we any different?

Why is it so important that the Pope met with these survivors of the priesthood's abuse? What is it about this that makes a difference to anyone other than the affected, now adult, victims of the horror of sexual abuse by a priest?

Cycles of abuse continue in a hundred year old culture. Are we really so different in ours? In what ways does our culture repeat the cycles?

Projecting our desires and our wounds on our partners can cause all kinds of damage in our relationships. What are you projecting?

In a typical self protector comment, Al Qeada's 2nd in command issues a statement that they don't kill innocent people. How can we make sense out of a statement like that?

When women feel like a victim there is no telling how they can react these days. Actress Teri Garr is a role model for bad behavior.

Senator Kean stood on a soapbox and raged about how dangerous Gay's are to America. What would motivate this kind of tirade?