Friday Flashback: Groove Theory

Whatever happened to that guy, Bryce?

Jonestown: Jim Jones and The Peoples Temple

One of my (J) earliest memories in life is the mass suicide of over 900 member of “Jonestown” a/k/a The Peoples’ Temple. Jonestown was named for Jim Jones, a white preacher who built and developed a massive, interracial following in San Francisco during the late 1960s and 70s. Jonestowns’ membership was mostly black, but [...]

Most Satifying Jobs

“The most satisfying jobs are mostly professions, especially those involving caring for, teaching and protecting others and creative pursuits,” said Tom Smith, director of the General Social Survey (GSS) at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago.”

“Work occupies a large part of each worker’s day, is one’s main source of social [...]

Quote of the Week

“What I’ve concluded from decades of working with murderers and rapists and every kind of violent criminal,” he said, “is that an underlying factor that is virtually always present to one degree or another is a feeling that one has to prove one’s manhood, and that the way to do that, to gain the respect [...]