March 14, 2023 by Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D. Numerous organizations offer skills certification, practical training, or undergraduate or graduate level degrees. Undoubtedly some of these entities are better than others. But how does one determine which school, instructor, or trainer best suits their needs to receive appropriate instruction or a…

March 7, 2023 by Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D. If you drive a car in a big city, eventually you’re going to need to park it somewhere. It turns out, some urban locations are better than others enabling motorists to find short-term places to park their vehicles. While some cities, seem…

February 27, 2023 by Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D. Since starting to cook Japanese food, I’ve increased not only my knowledge of this type of cuisine, and my skills in its preparation, but along with trying new recipes, I’m continuously delimiting the dishes I prefer to cook and the ones l…

February 22, 2023 by Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D. In 2016 Donald Trump was elected as the 45th President, and the Republican Party gained control of the Senate. For more than four years a large chunk of the public continuously wondered what egregious and embarrassing thing Trump and his supporters would…

February 14, 2023 by Jeffrey Ian Ross In order to minimize confusion, and be properly understood, it’s important to use words and expressions that mean what we say, and avoid ones that don’t. That being said, there are lots of terms that even native born English speakers misuse, but in…

February 6, 2023 by Jeffrey Ian Ross Although filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu has produced numerous interesting and powerful movies, one of my favorites is his 2010 film Biutiful. …

January 31, 2023 by Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D. Over the past few weeks the public has learned about the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old unarmed African-American man, at the hands of five black Memphis police officers. The traffic stop, which led not only to the tasering and pepper-spraying of…

You’ve got jail: Reflecting on the twentieth anniversary of BEHIND BARS: SURVIVING PRISON January 23, 2023 by Jeffrey Ian Ross Twenty years ago Stephen C. Richards, Ph.D. and I co-authored Behind Bars: Surviving Prison. The book, divided into thirteen chapters, plus two appendixes, provided realistic, practical and helpful information, and…

January 16, 2023 by Jeffrey Ian Ross We live in a complicated world. It’s often hard to know what to believe and whose advice to trust. …