I had been intending to watch this movie for a long time, but when a seminar participant last week in Baltimore recommended it to me because she said it illustrated what I teach, I decided to see it right away.

I’m sure many of my readers wonder why I deal with political matters in a newsletter that is seemingly about psychological matters. The truth is that the separation between psychology and politics is an artificial one. All political actions are psychological actions because they involve human behavior. And while psychology is certainly part of political science curriculum, politics is not part of psychology curriculum. Unfortunately, this lack of education on the part of psychological scientists has serious and even catastrophic results.

Why is psychology's track record in dealing with bullying so dismal? (See what the research shows.) It's happening because when it comes to bullying, psychology is no longer practicing science. Allow me to explain.

For eight years, the Western world has been carrying on a war against school “bullying,” that all-purpose term that encompasses the entire gamut of negative behavior. And where have these efforts brought us?