Is it possible that society has its priorities confused? 72 Articles

by Georgia Stewart

There's an ultimate priority that ought to be at the top of everyone's agendas and if it isn't somethings terribly wrong; that is, global warming. Scientists are agreed that Global warming isn't a debate but a fact. The...read more

by Sara Bradley

This is probably the greatest understatement yet, with the answer being yes, it's not only possible, it is a fact. The entertainment world goes hand-in-hand with the media, and together they have more control over w...read more

by Latasha Cook

Society has a lot more than just its priorities confused. After years of shaping and molding the perfect society to look a certain way, wear clothes and hair a certain way, speak a certain way, worship a certain way, and ...read more

by Bill Hudley

If any society has it's priorities "off the hook" it is broadly the American culture. The underlying problem is that most of our fabric has become exceedingly commercial. The need to either maintain or improve status has p...read more

by Kristal Mcvicar

Personal Responsibility I thought I had seen and heard it all, obviously I was wrong! I recently came across a news story that explained that in certain states in the US they are enacting laws that will ban.......yes ...read more

by AJ Lat

In recent months every time we turn on the television another young woman from the "in crowd in Hollywood" is making headlines. Most of us shake our heads and/or even enter into conversations shaming their behavior. ...read more

by Marsha Russell-Devaney

Society has indeed gone awry. There is a misconception between intentional wrongdoing and social misconduct, but overall there seems to be some confusion differentiating between intentional wrongdoing, bad behaviors, atti...read more

by A. Elizabeth Brown

The Age Of American Unreason Are Americans getting dumber? (Disclaimer: the book just came out and I've not read it, but I did see an interview with the author, intellectual historian Susan Jacoby, who stated that many ...read more

by Catherine Rayburn-Trobaugh

The Beauty in the Beast It will never cease to delight, as well as frighten me, that I learned so much from my daughters when they were young. They were fascinated with the Disney version of Beauty and the Beast, and ...read more

by Sepi Tabrizi

If we could live in the past I'm sure some of us would. If we could take a peak into the future, I'm sure we all would. What did we have back then, that no longer has a place in our world today? What do we have now that on...read more

by Firoze Hirjikaka

It is one of the many ironies of the age we live in, that promiscuity and sexual activism are advancing hand in hand. Almost anything that has even a tenuous sexual connotation constitutes sexual harassment these days. ...read more

by Cindy Breninger

I went to a local sandwich shop to get lunch when a homeless man walked in and asked the lady behind the counter for a glass of water. It was around 98 degrees and hot. I will admit, he looked a little frightening with his...read more

by Brent White

Society has its priorities confused? That's an understatement. I can imagine the news program after another 9/11 occurs. "This just in, a plane has crashed into the Sears Tower in Chicago, hundreds dead in the bigge...read more

by just plain will

I was called a right-wing conservative nutjob today by my favorite left-wing liberal nutjob. It wasn't so much the label that bothered me, ( as in all truth if I had to choose between ultraconservative right, and ultra...read more

by Danee Wilson

Societal norms every place seem to be set at an amazingly low moral standard. While we are all entitled to our own ideals and believes, there are be some things that all human beings deserve and should expect from each ot...read more

by Vivian Edwards

I wonder what it means in life when we say things we say. Did we mean to make comments about another? Were we assuming we knew how one would feel? Do we place a categorizing sign on that which is different that we? Do ...read more

by Nick Zegarac

Good, bad or indifferent it seems that everything these days is considered art. I find that a sad statement on the legitimacy of the trade and wonder what the likes of Da Vinci or Gainsborough would have to say said about ...read more

by Jason Lusk

I should think that most societies get their priorities confused at some point. I see parallels between our society and others of the past. Their mistakes should provide us with lessons. One of those ancient cultures is...read more

by Peabody Snickersbee

This question assumes that people can be better than they are, and that not only should they be or do better, but that they are capable of being or doing better. For those of us in the most developed nations, and increasin...read more

by Nate Weeks

It is not only possible it is evident almost everywhere you turn in our society that we have our priorities confused. For a good example, if you watch TV you'll know what I'm talking about, how many times did y...read more