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Laurence Mesirow

Laurence Mesirow
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I am a writer who has been concerned about the effects of modern technology on human living environments and human behavior for many years.

The Disappearance Of A Humanizing Education

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There has been a profound change in the way that people in the United States deal with the liberal arts. As it is, the United States has always had an anti-intellectual bias. Basically, intellectuals...

The Horrible Effects Of Digital Dementia On Our Young People

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A new neurological condition is about to sweep through our population of young people.  It’s called digital dementia, and, as its name suggests, it refers to a cognitive decline that is caused by an...

The Other Reason For Student Activism

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An interesting phenomenon to be found in modern Western life is that of the student activists.  Young people who are studying in colleges and universities, but whose focus is much more on situations and...

Using The World Of Entertainment To Come To Life

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One of the major themes in my articles over the years has been the role that Trump has played in pulling people out of their numbness.  His abrasive behavior, attitudes and ideas are very...

The Up-to-date Imperial Designs of Vladimir Putin

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One of the most salient topics in the news today is the war between Russia and Ukraine.  Or perhaps I should call it the siege of Russia against Ukraine.  Certainly, if Ukraine had its...

Two Sides Of The Same Destructive Coin

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I am sitting here with an article and with an editorial column from the issue of the Chicago Tribune dated February 25, 2023.  The article is titled “Chicago hate crimes nearly double in ‘22”,...

Pulling A Trigger To Feel More Alive

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I have been trying of late to develop the appropriate language to express my thoughts on what it is that’s causing the growing number of mass murders in the United States.  This newest article...

Trumpism And Covid

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As a social philosopher, it gives me great joy to be able to see parallel patterns among different social phenomena.  Certainly, there is an intellectual satisfaction seeing similarities between disparate social entities, but over...

The Effects Of The Technological Takeover Of Human Society

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I have a friend who reads every article I write for my column. I appreciate such loyalty even though my friend disagrees with practically everything I have to say in them.  Basically, he is...

The Lack Of Real Motivation In Modern Mass Killers

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Whenever a mass murder occurs in the United States, one of the very first things that the police start doing, after the perpetrator of the act has been discovered and established, is to try...