Reading time – 2:55; Viewing time – 4:39 . . . At a time when a high school education is so often woefully inadequate for success in a global, interconnected world, where old time manufacturing skills have given way to computerized everything and where millions of employers are frustrated because they’re unable to find people… [read more]
3 Q & As and The Supreme Court
Reading time – 1:49; Viewing time – 2:56 . . . Much has been said about the long term consequences of the 3 – 5 Supreme Court Justice appointments that will be made over the coming 4 to 8 years by the next president. Whatever your notion of the type of Court we should have,… [read more]
The 5 Things You Need To Know About RDP
Reading time – 1:49; Viewing time – 3:30 . . . At a 2007 Democratic Candidates Debate, Joe Biden famously said about Rudy Giuliani, “There’s only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun, a verb and 9/11.” The cause of this behavior was recently discovered to be Reality Denial Psychosis, or RDP. Here… [read more]
Guest Essay – Prep for The Big Game
Reading time – 2:55 . . . Pam Verner is a psychotherapist who specializes in treating people with addictions. She is compassionate and caring and she is an expert. She recently penned a clarifying and compelling message and gave me permission to share it with you. Her message is vitally important. Now Pam. I rarely… [read more]
To All Men: It’s About You
Reading time – 1:43; Viewing time – 3:19 . . . It’s not at all unusual to refrain from contributing to research on, say, Parkinson’s Disease – until your mom’s voice begins to shake and she has trouble getting her hands to do the most ordinary of things. It’s just human nature to have cared… [read more]
What Do You Want?
Reading time – 77 seconds . . . The Coca-Cola company wants you to know that if you drink Cokes, amazingly wonderful things will happen for you. Pepsico wants you to know the same thing, but assures you that it has to be Pepsi. And both of these companies want you to know what really… [read more]
Where?
Reading time – 1:01; Viewing time – 2:41 . . . Uh-oh. Some snark follows. Sensitive readers should squint. What candidates say matters. And to paraphrase Barney Frank, you want your next president to be someone who spends the majority of his/her time on this planet. Well, here’s how Politifact scored the candidates’ claims made… [read more]
Insidious
Reading time – 1:49 plus 44 seconds for the Bonus Section; Viewing time – 2:31 . . . Timothy Snyder is a professor of history at Yale University and he penned a most interesting essay in the New York Times entitled How a Russian Fascist Is Meddling in America’s Election. It is a worthwhile read… [read more]
Not About You Know Who
Reading time – 1:23; Viewing time – 3:01 . . . There is no perfect candidate. There never has been. There never will be. So, here’s a Dr. Phil prescription for your candidate ennui: Get over it. On the one hand, Hillary has very real flaws. On the other hand, Hillary’s list of flaws has… [read more]
Honestly, They Aren’t Idiots
Reading time – 51 seconds; Viewing time – 1:47 . . . A recent Vox essay dug into Donald Trump’s – let’s call it “odd” – speaking style of non-sequiturs, parentheticals, baselessness and departures from any reality common to this planet. Quite often it’s impossible to discern his message from the words used and you… [read more]
