Nathan Rein

A first-person account of CIA imprisonment

This is perhaps the most stomach-turning report I've read since the news about Dilawar broke (in case you've forgotten, that was the taxi driver who was gradually beaten to death in U.S. custody in Afghanistan, even though interrogators believed he ... Read more

The Mutter Museum [Philadelphia]

We've mentioned Philadelphia's Mutter Museum before in passing. A 150-year-old museum dedicated entirely to medical anomalies, it's just the place to bring your younger goth cousin for a look at conjoined twins or to admire a woman whose body has ... Read more

Video Entry: 7 Yard Dash

With only two little interruptions – one to check in with Mom and one to take an ever so brief rest – Elias demonstrates his baby speed in this dash across the floor. Same baby speed is used to get ... Read more

Integrity, Nonaction & Living Green

(Part of the Blog Action Day initiative.) Through nonaction No action is left undone. It may seem strange, writing about "nonaction" on a day when bloggers worldwide are dedicating their posts to environmental action and awareness. On the Blog Action ... Read more

Spirituality in Advertising: A New Theoretical Approach

Journal of Media and Religion, Vol. 8, No. 1. (2009), pp. 1-23. Current directions in advertising practice point to the use of more spiritual themes in advertising. Yet the concept of spirituality has not received enough attention in advertising research. ... Read more

Attachment Theory and Religion: Childhood Attachments, Re...

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 29, No. 3. (1990), pp. 315-334. In this paper we argue that attachment theory, as developed by John Bowlby and refined and extended by a host of other psychological researchers, offers a ... Read more

Do Green Products Make Us Better People?

Psychological Science, Vol. 21, No. 4. (April 2010), pp. 494-498. 10.1177/0956797610363538 Consumer choices reflect not only price and quality preferences but also social and moral values, as witnessed in the remarkable growth of the global market for organic and environmentally ... Read more

Overloaded circuits: why smart people underperform

Harvard Business Review, Vol. 83, No. 1. (January 2005) Frenzied executives who fidget through meetings, lose track of their appointments, and jab at the "door close" button on the elevator aren't crazy--just crazed. They suffer from a newly recognized neurological ... Read more