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As a Jewish youngster growing up in Budapest an infant survivor of the Nazi genocide I was for years haunted by a question resounding in my brain with such force that sometimes my head would spin How was it possible How could the world have let such horrors happen

Many parents would be horrified at the sadism their children favour as entertainment Ought they to be worried In Hostel the gore flick young audiences have made into North America s top grossing theatre attraction human beings perpetrate on one another whatever can be accomplished with knives hooks scalpels tongs drills pincers and electrical saws Paxton and hellip

The signs of trauma have been unmistakable for years the obesity the bombast the bellicose defensiveness the need to project a larger than life persona as compensation for low self esteem

Until his death former U S president Ronald Reagan was the world s most famous Alzheimer s sufferer I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life he wrote in his poignant farewell message to Americans when he was first diagnosed at 83 The acknowledgment marked the formal onset of his long hellip

When our two grown up sons were in elementary school my wife and I despaired of their ever getting along Bickering insults mutual recrimination and at times physical altercations were the order of the day The seemingly incessant squabbling went on for years Our older son in particular appeared determined to make his brother s life utterly hellip

Among the major challenges we face as a society is the widespread lack of resilience of many young people Resilience is the capacity to overcome adversity to let go of what doesn t work to adapt and to mature Growing evidence of its absence among the young is as ominous for our future as the threat hellip

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