The Tom Blaise Shepherd
Existential Society of
America
Hon. Tom
Blaise Shepherd, President
Analyst & Criminal Justice Planner
Urban
Planner & Commentator
Author &
Free Publisher
Actor &
Filmmaker
Educator
“the pen is
mightier than the sword”
“Individuals
who profit from or encourage the distribution of alcoholic beverages, tobacco
products and recreational drugs are the enemies of freedom and democracy.
Alcoholic beverages, tobacco products and recreational drugs do not free
people. They debilitate and enslave people. Choose friends and role
models who do not use alcohol, tobacco or drugs.
“Uncivilized
people create problems with wine, beer, whisky, recreational drugs, sex, their
fists, guns and other weapons. Civilized people solve problems with a drug-free
mind, sound nutrition, dialog, tools, computers and books.
“It
is peculiar that while the U.S. government, corporate America, Jewish
and Christian religious institutions and the medical professions officially
encourage alcoholic beverage consumption as a method for celebration, for
socialization, for relaxation and for medication, our criminal justice system
wrongly criminalizes those consumers who resultantly become dysfunctional as a
direct result of consuming alcoholic beverages. Victims of alcoholism do NOT
belong in jail or in prison, nor do victims of drug dependency.
“A
civilized criminal justice system educates rather than punishes.
“Poverty
and guns do not exist in a true democracy. Nor do prisons.”
The above
message is from
Tom Blaise Shepherd
Founder-President
The Tom Blaise Shepherd Existential Society
of America
The
Shepherd-Montessori Institute
Nordic
American Episcopal Church
Publisher-Editor
Shepherd
Earth News
Former
President
Young
Peoples Service League
St.
Philip’s Episcopal Church of Joplin
Former
Citizenship Chairman & President:
Joplin
Council of the United Christian Youth Movement
Former Assistant
Planning Director:
Ozark
Gateway Regional Planning Commission and
Law
Enforcement Assistance Council
Former
Director of Media Research:
Public
Television
Mental
Health Agency Advisory Board Member
Los
Angeles County
Advocate
for the Rights of Mental Health Clients
Veteran:
Merchant
Marine
United
States Marine Corps Reserve
United
States Coast Guard
Education:
Columbia
Elementary School, Joplin
First
Presbyterian Church, Joplin
St.
Philip’s Episcopal Church School, Joplin
Crowder
Technical College, Neosho
School
of Philosophy & Letters, U.N.A.M., Mexico, D.F.
American
Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York City
University
of Missouri, Columbia
University
of Oklahoma, Norman
The Shepherd Montessori Institute
Publications by
Tom Blaise
Shepherd
“a solar energy publication
for down-to-earth living”
An Existential Approach to
Sober Living
An Existential Approach to
Sane and Sober Living:
The Schizophregenic Society
An Existential Approach to
Sound Mental Health
Group Therapy: Is It Really
Therapeutic?
Sex and Sanity:
A Sociocultural View of
Human Sexuality
Sex and Sanity:
The Paradox of Human
Sexuality
The Shocking Truth About
Alcoholism:
The Conscience of an
Existentialist
How to Eat Well and Stay
Slim on a Budget
Eat Sane, Be Sane: Foods
That Nourish the Brain:
Day Dreams, Lost Dreams,
The
Short Stories of Tom Blaise Shepherd
E. F. Blaise, H. F. Sinclair, C. J. Wrightsman and Frank Tanner