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"It is not a sign of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society."
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Author, columnist, and blogger with a long career in business management, management consulting and executive coaching. I've authored and published eight books: "You, Your Self and the 21st Century,"The Flowers Are Talking to Me," and "Faith Stirred Not Shaken," Christianity in America, "The Martian Prelude," Faith Stirred not Shaken, 2nd edition," "On Coaching with The Birkman Method." "On Coaching with The Birkman Method," and coming soon is my new book, "Loosing" Your Mind: Liberating Your Intellect for Critical Thinking." For sale at your favorite booksellers or the publisher's site: booklocker.com
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Thursday, April 27, 2017
What Happened to Compassion? I read a quote some time ago, and I can't give credit to who said it. But to paraphrase, if we are going to keep pulling drowning people out down-river, we should figure out how to stop throwing them in up-river.
Thursday, April 27, 2017What Happened to Compassion? I read a quote some time ago, and I can't give credit to who said it. But to paraphrase, if we are going to keep pulling drowning people out down-river, we should figure out how to stop throwing them in up-river.
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Monday, October 7, 2013
American Dystopia Anyone but the deluded, clueless and/or marginally conscious can see the crisis is being created by the very congress that claims it's Mr. Obama's fault for not being willing to negotiate away a law passed by the congress, tested by the Supreme Court and ratified again by an election of the same president.
Monday, October 7, 2013American Dystopia Anyone but the deluded, clueless and/or marginally conscious can see the crisis is being created by the very congress that claims it's Mr. Obama's fault for not being willing to negotiate away a law passed by the congress, tested by the Supreme Court and ratified again by an election of the same president.
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Speaking Truth to the PowerLESS Speaking truth to the powerful is considered a valiant act, although in most instances, it's also futile. The reason seems to be that the powerful have a lot to conserve and aren't much interested in anyone's truth but their own.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013Speaking Truth to the PowerLESS Speaking truth to the powerful is considered a valiant act, although in most instances, it's also futile. The reason seems to be that the powerful have a lot to conserve and aren't much interested in anyone's truth but their own.
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Friday, May 3, 2013
Dalai Lama, Jason Collins, Leviticus and You. If the purpose of religion is to control ourself, why do so many of us use it to condemn others?
Friday, May 3, 2013Dalai Lama, Jason Collins, Leviticus and You. If the purpose of religion is to control ourself, why do so many of us use it to condemn others?
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Blame it on Luther. What we're seeing is society honoring the moral authority of unqualified people who may or may not even be mentally stable. When we decree the individual and his epistemology to be sacrosanct with no further investigations or qualifications we have the moral chaos we see in America today.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014Blame it on Luther. What we're seeing is society honoring the moral authority of unqualified people who may or may not even be mentally stable. When we decree the individual and his epistemology to be sacrosanct with no further investigations or qualifications we have the moral chaos we see in America today.
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Saturday, July 14, 2018
Still Believe in Super Heroes? I can find a part of me that admires Trump. Don't condemn we too quickly. Read on.
Saturday, July 14, 2018Still Believe in Super Heroes? I can find a part of me that admires Trump. Don't condemn we too quickly. Read on.
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013
North is a Direction. The South is a Place. That's Fundamental! One factor that distinguishes the South from the rest of the country is the extent to which its form of Christianity influences everything. Now an author is proposing that we and they would be better off is they seceded. Many in the South would agree.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013North is a Direction. The South is a Place. That's Fundamental! One factor that distinguishes the South from the rest of the country is the extent to which its form of Christianity influences everything. Now an author is proposing that we and they would be better off is they seceded. Many in the South would agree.
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Monday, June 17, 2013
Everything I Needed to Know I Realized in My 70's Lessons I've learned about life have shaped my thinking in my retirement years.
Monday, June 17, 2013Everything I Needed to Know I Realized in My 70's Lessons I've learned about life have shaped my thinking in my retirement years.
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Friday, June 14, 2013
Businesses Add Costs to Social Programs and Complain About Taxes They Don't Pay Can we have it both ways? Lower prices and living wages for the working poor. Yes we can as long as we're willing to pay the taxes that support the social programs they use to survive.
Friday, June 14, 2013Businesses Add Costs to Social Programs and Complain About Taxes They Don't Pay Can we have it both ways? Lower prices and living wages for the working poor. Yes we can as long as we're willing to pay the taxes that support the social programs they use to survive.
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Open Posthumous Letter to President Reagan The government didn't protect me from the one threat that still lies at the foundation of the problems in our society remains: A breathtaking ignorance and lack of curiosity that allows lies, myths and superstitions to fill the void it creates.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014Open Posthumous Letter to President Reagan The government didn't protect me from the one threat that still lies at the foundation of the problems in our society remains: A breathtaking ignorance and lack of curiosity that allows lies, myths and superstitions to fill the void it creates.
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Monday, July 2, 2018
So Who's Correct? Do you like to argue? Have you ever changed anyone's mind my doing so? This urge goes back a long way. It's in our DNA. Let's hope it doesn't kill us all.
Monday, July 2, 2018So Who's Correct? Do you like to argue? Have you ever changed anyone's mind my doing so? This urge goes back a long way. It's in our DNA. Let's hope it doesn't kill us all.
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Saturday, December 21, 2013
Is Phil Robertson Spreading Ignorance under the Pretext of Freedom of Expression? Ignoring the question of whose left after that all-encompassing description, the masses are now debating the rightness or wrongness of his beliefs, his expression of those beliefs, A&E's decision to take him off the air for a while, and who's more hypocritical, conservatives or progressives.
Saturday, December 21, 2013Is Phil Robertson Spreading Ignorance under the Pretext of Freedom of Expression? Ignoring the question of whose left after that all-encompassing description, the masses are now debating the rightness or wrongness of his beliefs, his expression of those beliefs, A&E's decision to take him off the air for a while, and who's more hypocritical, conservatives or progressives.
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Monday, May 1, 2017
The Destructive Illusion of Certainty There is one cognitive bias that is very common in today's world of constant streaming data. It's called confirmation/disconfirmation bias. We find evidence for and against any proposition to validate what we already believe. In a practical sense, we believe the evidence that confirms our point of view and ignore what doesn't.
Monday, May 1, 2017The Destructive Illusion of Certainty There is one cognitive bias that is very common in today's world of constant streaming data. It's called confirmation/disconfirmation bias. We find evidence for and against any proposition to validate what we already believe. In a practical sense, we believe the evidence that confirms our point of view and ignore what doesn't.
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Monday, December 9, 2013
O'Reilly's War On Christmas But think about it. Is there really a war on Christmas? Christmas is the longest season of the year, opening up retail stores on Thanksgiving day for pre-season shopping. Those same stores are decorated, some starting in October, with seasonal trimmings from stem to stern.
Monday, December 9, 2013O'Reilly's War On Christmas But think about it. Is there really a war on Christmas? Christmas is the longest season of the year, opening up retail stores on Thanksgiving day for pre-season shopping. Those same stores are decorated, some starting in October, with seasonal trimmings from stem to stern.
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Monday, September 16, 2013
Mysteries That Keep Me Awake at NIght Certain mysteries keep this author awake at night. And he doesn't think there are explanations.
Monday, September 16, 2013Mysteries That Keep Me Awake at NIght Certain mysteries keep this author awake at night. And he doesn't think there are explanations.
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Bad President, Bad, Bad! Recently, I developed two theories about the constant nitpicking complaints and downright obscene insults thrown at this president. The obvious reason is his color. In a country with institutionalized racism, a tan-colored man in the White House is an omen. But the deeper reason that probably exists at a subconscious level: Bush II
Wednesday, September 3, 2014Bad President, Bad, Bad! Recently, I developed two theories about the constant nitpicking complaints and downright obscene insults thrown at this president. The obvious reason is his color. In a country with institutionalized racism, a tan-colored man in the White House is an omen. But the deeper reason that probably exists at a subconscious level: Bush II
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Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Liberals Unite! (Tee hee) What's happening to our overarching liberal purpose while we argue among ourselves about whose personal needs will be met first. If and when we ever get the power back, we can address them. Not in our current shattered state.
Tuesday, January 16, 2018Liberals Unite! (Tee hee) What's happening to our overarching liberal purpose while we argue among ourselves about whose personal needs will be met first. If and when we ever get the power back, we can address them. Not in our current shattered state.
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Power Posing: The Key to Success? Power posing has shown that we can change our internal experience by changing our external physiology. Is this sufficient for success>
Wednesday, June 12, 2013Power Posing: The Key to Success? Power posing has shown that we can change our internal experience by changing our external physiology. Is this sufficient for success>
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Saturday, March 4, 2017
Let's Hear It For Those Kids in Private Schools! Sure school choice is good thing. Especially when you can ignore a bigger problem that causes the reason to choose a different school.
Saturday, March 4, 2017Let's Hear It For Those Kids in Private Schools! Sure school choice is good thing. Especially when you can ignore a bigger problem that causes the reason to choose a different school.
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Thursday, July 19, 2018
How Smart Are We, Really? The Dunning-Kruger is even more of a revelation when you understand the entire principle. But what we really need is a little compassion and humility.
Thursday, July 19, 2018How Smart Are We, Really? The Dunning-Kruger is even more of a revelation when you understand the entire principle. But what we really need is a little compassion and humility.
