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Bernard Starr, PhD, is author of The Crucifixion of Truth, a drama set in 16th century Italy and Spain. Starr is a psychologist, journalist, and professor emeritus at CUNY, Brooklyn College. At Brooklyn College Starr taught developmental psychology to prospective teachers and research methods and statistics in a graduate program that he directed. He is also the lead author of a lifespan textbook, "Human Development and Behavior: Psychology in Nursing." Starr is the founder, and for twenty-five years, the managing editor of the cutting-edge Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics published by Springer; also editor of the Springer Publishing Co. series Adulthood and Aging and Lifestyle and Issues in Aging. For several years he wrote for the Scripps Howard News Service on healthcare, the boomers, and issues of an aging society. And for seven years he was writer, producer, and host of an award-winning radio commentary, The Longevity Report, on WEVD-AM Radio in NYC. His book, The Starr-Weiner Report On Sex and Sexuality in the Mature years (co-authored with Dr. Marcella Bakur Weiner) provided the first comprehensive data on sexual activity after age 60. He is a past president of the Brooklyn Psychological Association and a past president of the Association for Spirituality and Psychotherapy. He is also the main United Nations representative for the Institute of Global Education (IGE), an NGO with ECOSOC status. In recent years he has written extensively on environmental issues and has produced and hosted television documentaries on meaningful, active, and productive living in the third age of life (Active Aging Stories) for Phoenix Rising Television Productions. Currently, Starr's articles are published at OpEdNews. He has also published on the Huffington Post contributor platform, Salon, Baron's Financial Magazine, the Algemeiner, and the New York Daily News. His earlier book, "Escape Your Own Prison: Why We Need Spirituality and Psychology to be Truly Free," published by Rowman and Littlefield, explores spirituality as a psychology of consciousness. OpEd News Member for 697 week(s) and 3 day(s) 189 Articles, 1 Quick Links, 362 Comments, 0 Diaries, 0 Polls
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Friday, March 17, 2017Is the Goldwater Rule Obsolete? Should Psychiatrists and Psychologists Comment on the President's Mental Health? Despite the Goldwater rule, that restricts psychiatrists from commenting on people they have not personally examined, many mental health experts are violating the rule by offering mental status evaluations of Donald Trump. Should they face disciplinary action? Or, is the Goldwater Rule obsolete--upended by vast changes in technology and the media since it was invoked over a half-century ago in 1964? 
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Thursday, July 23, 2015Art Can Inspire Faith. It Can Also Empower Destructive Ideologies. Renaissance Art Depictions of Jesus Did Both A vast trove of Renaissance paintings omit Jesus Jewish heritage and identity. Presenting Jesus as a Renaissance Christian served the desire of the Christian leadership to promote the faith and separate Christianity from its Jewish roots. But most puzzling is the failure of modern day art historians, curators, and critics to acknowledge or comment on the falsification of biblical history in these artworks. 
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012"Obama? I Wouldn't Vote For That Socialite." Republican rhetoric swims in false statements. Truth seems to hold little sway in the debates--and the moderators timidly allow lies to stand. Fifth grade teachers would do better in running the debates and forcing the truth.See how. 
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Tuesday, July 26, 2022The Supreme Court's Version of "Bonfire of the Vanities" The Supreme court no longer functions in the fulfillment of the vision of the Founders of our Republic. The justices were given life appointments with the expectation that they would act independently with no obligation to vested interests. For extremist justices invoking their religious ideologies in defiance of the constitution and the principle of we the people, the Supreme court must be radically reformed. 
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Wednesday, October 19, 2022Climate Apocalypse Now: How a Colossal Climate Disaster Could Save Us Scientists tell us that the climate change doomsday clock is ticking with time for effective action running out. Despite numerous climate change disasters the world's response continues to be compromised by political, economic, and social constraints. What level of disaster will it take for the world to finally wake up for an all-hands-on-deck battle to defeat climate change and halt the dangerous warming of the planet?
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014Jesus: Rambo or Prince of Peace? A Commentary on 'The Crucifixion Rule Book' Many biblical experts and pundits have assumed that since the Romans crucified Jesus,he (Jesus) must have been an insurgent who was promoting armed rebellion against Roman occupation. Why else would they crucify Jesus, since that gruesome type execution was supposedly reserved for insurrectionists, escaped slaves, and perpetrators of heinous crimes. But was a strict crucifixion rule book rigidly followed? Highly doubtful!! 
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Thursday, March 15, 2012The New Jews of Cameroon An African Pentecostal Christian group in a rural village in Cameroon, on the west coast of Africa, led by Serge Etele, converted to Judaism. With the assstance of Kulanu, a Jewish outreach organization in New York City, they are learning about Jewish practices.
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Thursday, February 5, 2015Why We Know So Little About Moses and Jesus The sharp difference between modern views of personality development and ancient understandings explain why so little was reported about the early lives of great figures. Today we place emphasis on personal experience to explain the shaping of behavior.In biblical times destiny or inborn traits were thought to determine who a person would become.Thus childhood experiences were ignored by biographers through much of history. 
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022A Call for a Month of Teach-Ins and Write-Ins on Democracy vs.Fascism. We are at a critical moment in U.S. history with democracy at risk. Yet evidence shows that the American public is largely ill-informed about the workings of government. That may explain why so many crave authoritarianism without knowing the dangers posed by that form of government. This proposal for educating the public on democracy vs. fascism may be an important step toward preserving the American experiment. 
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Friday, August 27, 2021Republican and Evangelical Vaccine Resisters Believe God has a Hand in All Creations--But not Vaccines Conservative Republicans and Evangelicals top the list of Vaccine resisters. Their Failure to get vaccinated not only defies the natinaol effort to stem the pandemic but also defies their core religious doctrine that God has a hand in all creations--which should include vaccines.
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Friday, May 6, 2011When Social Security Meets Immortality Senior bashers continue to erroneously point to Social Security for adding to the national debt when, in fact, Social Security Reduces debt. But there's a bigger problem ahead for entitlements and society as a whole as science is heading toward breaking the genetic aging code and vastly extending the average lifespan to science fiction levels.
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Monday, April 1, 2013Jesus to Church Leaders: 'How Dare You in My Name'? Christian leaders throughout history perpetrated violent acts totally antithetical to Jesus' teachings. In a mock trial Jesus confronts them to explain where in his teaching did they find justification for heinous acts. 
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Tuesday, June 11, 2019Gun Massacres: Should Workplaces, Schools, and Houses of Worship Issue Bulletproof Vests? The frigtening rise in mass shootings has parents, scoolchildren, workers and worshipers wondering what they can do to protect themselves and their loved ones, since Congress refuses to enact the tough gun laws that most of the public crave for. Is the bulletproof vest a sensible answer? 
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021How Anti-Semitism Killed Christians and How Anti-Science is Now Killing People of All Faiths During the black plague, instead of Christians blaming Jews and persecuting them for the disease had they paid attention to what Jews were doing differently, untold numbers might have been saved. During the current pandemic, if science deniers had paid attention to what those who dodged the coronavirus were doing differently, untold numbers might have been saved. 
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Tuesday, April 7, 2020We Have the Know-How, Ability, and Resources to End Pandemic Threats. So What's Stopping Us? COVID-19 is terrorizing the world spreading fear, disease, and death. Despite warnings of a possible super-virus emerging that could not be stopped, our preparedness has been dismal. More alarming, while we focus strictly on defensive preparedness there is little if any talk about an offensive to mobilize massive resources for scientific research to end pandemic threats--a task that is doable as outlined in this article. 
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013Three Cheers for 'Jew in a Box' for Thinking Out of the Box A harmless but useful and informative exhibit at the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Germany, generated an uproar. It became a huge media event when headline writers dubbed the exhibit "Jew in a Box."
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Thursday, January 11, 2018Donald Trump vs. Kim Jong-un: The Long and Short of It Donald Trump is obsessed with size. Everything about him has to be the biggest and the best. Does this conceal his fear of just the opposite?
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Monday, May 16, 2011Should Obama Show His School Transcripts? Now that President Obama has produced his original birth certificate Donald Trump now wants to see Obama's school records. Trump claims that Obama did not have the academic credentials to get into Columbia University and Harvard Law School.Is this serious issue or another diversionary witch hunt? 
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Thursday, September 1, 2011Advocacy For the Young Is the Best Advocacy For Seniors Senior advocacy organizations like AARP should place advocacy for younger generations at the top of their priorities---it is the economic well being of younger generations that will generate the tax revenues for maintaining senior entitlements.The mantra of senior advocacy should be: Children First! 
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Monday, November 12, 2012No Planet, No Jobs: The Suicide Bombing of Science Climate change and global warming took a back seat in the presidential debates because politicians know that those issues are off the radar of the general public. While jobs, and other gut issues are the main concern of Americans, fact is that that catastrophic events related to climate change trump all other issues when nature speaks, as was the case with Hurricane Sandy. |
