ETC.: A Review of General Semantics articles from October 2007

ETC.: A Review of General Semantics archives from October 2007

In this issue.
October 1, 2007... WE START THIS ISSUE with an obituary from The New York Times. On July 24, 2007, Albert Ellis died. Psychologist, writer, and teacher, Ellis pioneered a remarkable left-turn in standard psychoanalysis in the 1950s which he named Rational Emotive...

Albert Ellis, 93, influential psychotherapist, dies.(Obituary)
October 1, 2007... July 25, 2007 New York Times Front Page ALBERT ELLIS, whose innovative straight-talk approach to psychotherapy made him one of the most influential and provocative figures in modern psychology, died yesterday at his home above the...

General semantics and rational-emotive therapy: 1991 Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture.
October 1, 2007... I NEVER WOULD HAVE originated rational-emotive therapy (RET) had I not been strongly influenced by philosophers rather than psychotherapists. For when 1 founded RET in 1955, the field of therapy was almost completely run by clinicians, ranging...

Some reasons why I use REBT in my private practice and personal life.(Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy )
October 1, 2007... THERE ARE MANY REASONS why I use REBT. Perhaps the most important one is because it seems very logical and has a clear and focused practical application, in practice and everyday life. Since I first listened to some of Ellis' tapes of therapy...

Heinlein and Ellis: converging competencies.(Albert Ellis and Robert A. Heinlein)
October 1, 2007... ON JULY 7, 2007, the Heinlein Centennial was held in Kansas City to celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of acclaimed "Grand Master" science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein. Heinlein is generally acknowledged as one of the four...

What we could become.(Critical essay)
October 1, 2007... Based on speaking notes prepared for a panel discussion on General Semantics at the Heinlein Centennial held in Kansas City, MO, July 7, 2007, celebrating what would have been the 100th birthday of science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein. ...

Rebutting Joseph T. Major's view of general semantics in Heinlein's Children.
October 1, 2007... JOSEPH T. MAJOR released his book Heinlein's Children in March of 2006. This book contains an updated collection of Major's essays on the so-called "juvenile" books of speculative fiction author, Robert A. Heinlein, published between the years...

A Heinlein child pays homage to the master.(Robert A. Heinlein )
October 1, 2007... SOME SCHOLARS ARGUE that Robert A. Heinlein was the most influential writer of the 20th Century. There is no argument Heinlein was the greatest influence on my life. Long before I heard the phrase "Heinlein's Children" I considered myself such...

The semantic school: a platform for educational design.
October 1, 2007... ONE OF THE ONGOING tasks of the budding educational leader is to devise, revise, and reflect on a platform of beliefs regarding schools, teaching and learning. Why do we have schools? What do we expect to do? How will we know if we've done it?...

In the moment: Zen and the art of Logical Haiku.
October 1, 2007... THE JAPANESE POETRY of Haiku is often introduced to young children as a means of experiencing nature and describing this experience via a structured 3-line description, the three lines consisting of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. I have tried this...

General semantics and the revision of romaji.
October 1, 2007... FROM GRAND FORKS, North Dakota, a traveler can proceed west on US Highway 2 and in about 210 miles be in Minot, North Dakota. A tourist traveling on Japan Railways in Tokyo can take the Green Line clockwise around Tokyo and visit any of these...

That was by my other mother--Chapter 4 (conclusion).
October 1, 2007... AT SUMMER'S END, in 1948, Korzybski received an unsolicited invitation from Yale University. Professor Filmer S.C. Northrop, Doctor of Letters, author, and Sterling Professor of Philosophy and Law, invited Korzybski to give one of his seminars...

At a music festival.(METAPHORS IN ACTION)
October 1, 2007... IAM AT AN outdoor music festival. I am sitting with friends when a dark cloud rolls in. All of a sudden, sheets of rain start pouring down. Out come umbrellas, raincoats, ponchos. Even these don't really keep us dry. My wife and I go stand...

The American Dream vs. The Gospel of Wealth: The Fight for a Productive Middle-Class Economy.(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Norton Garfinkle. The American Dream vs. The Gospel of Wealth: The Fight for a Productive Middle-Class Economy. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Most Americans thinks of themselves as middle-class. But increasingly we are becoming a...

Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq.(Book review)
October 1, 2007... Stephen Kinzer. Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq. New York: Times Books, 2006. Since the US-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, many Americans and others have accused the Bush administration of ripping...

On Desire: Why We Want What We Want.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2007... William B. Irvine. On Desire: Why We Want What We Want. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. What are our impulses, wants, and needs? Where do these desires come from? How can we rein in these desires? William D. Irvine, a...

From the archives.(RETROSPECT)
October 1, 2007... 50 YEARS AGO IN ETC: VOLUMME 14, NUMBER 3 EARL C. KELLEY, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BEING UNIQUE We do not see everything in our surroundings. To do so would bring us such a mass of data, most of them unimportant, that we could not...

Dates and indexes.(Book review)
October 1, 2007... From Laura Bertone, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, comes this "Short Review of Activities in the Southern Cone of America." Well done, Laura! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The first thing I did when I received the first copies of "The Hidden...