Zachary Maichuk is currently a Doctoral Candidate at the Graduate School for Applied and Professional Psychology when most of the world is looking, and an accomplished leatherworker and mask maker when it isn't. Prior to re-entering academia, he wandered
+ more bio informationThe appropriateness of torture has been an issue that has returned to the national discourse since we first began our war on terror. With the change of presidential administration, which has been accompanied by a new willingness to open the issue for debate, the discussion has become heated, with sides drawing lines in the sa... More..
The transformative power of dreams has recently been made apparent to me, regrettably, as I have noticed the effect of the loss of our dreams on our society. As someone who has worked both in the mental health field and in various fights for social justice, I have begun to realize that many of the problems we face on both ... More..
Farmer's markets are hidden treasures that reveal themselves as spring turns to summer, and the first harvests are ready. For the health conscious, it's a chance to grab vegetables at the peak of their freshness, as the close location to the market allows the farmers to pick and ship in a short time. For the environmenta... More..
As the weather gets warmer, and the summer days grow longer, more and more we see the return of the festival. Street fairs, strawberry festivals, renaissance faires, county fairs and farmer's markets appear in the streets, parks and community parking lots. For most, these fairs are a pleasant distraction; days of ... More..
The first fondue I made is still one of my fondest memories. I was working in Africa for the Peace Corps, and a group of fellow volunteers and I had come together for Christmas. When we got to the house, we found a volunteer's used, dirty fondue set sitting on the kitchen stove. For sanitary reasons, we decided to clean it fo... More..
I got out to see Star Trek last week, and though I enjoyed the movie, I was a little let down. As movies go, it was a good movie. The characters were well developed, there was emotional depth, and the action was paced to keep attention while not overloading or degrading into gore. The new actors were able to recreate the mann... More..
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