THE GREAT AMERICAN EXPERIMENT ON TRIAL
We just watched the film, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and I highly recommend you have a look if you haven’t seen it. While there is some debate about the merit of the film, what came through for me is what James Berardinelli said in his review: “In his screenplay, Sorkin does a masterful
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MAKING THE WORLD BETTER
I continue to observe our behaviors as human beings through learning and understanding how people develop over time, or in some cases, don’t. I have looked at how we think, what motivates us, how we acquire our values and beliefs and why we do what we do. I worked in schools, universities and hospitals. I
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SHEDDING AND SHREDDING
Although it’s Fall here in the northern hemisphere and the deciduous tree leaves change color and fall off in preparation for new growth, this is not about a favorite season. There may however, be some similarities and I will trust you will be able to see what those are between the shedding of leaves and
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A PERSONAL ENCOUNTER
As some of you know, I have a long history with civil rights and the issues surrounding race relations in these Disunited States. I have written about it previously, documented some of my experience in the 60’s and posted another piece recently here, “Understanding Racism.” This one is a revision and update of a blog
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HELP MAKE THE CHANGE
UNCERTAINTY At the beginning of this week, I was struck by the relevance of this question: “How do you adjust to an ever-changing situation where the ‘new normal’ is indefinite uncertainty?” From my perspective, there is nothing unusual with an “ever-changing situation” nor with “indefinite uncertainty.” They are both part of the what we face
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THE REACH AND IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Here is a brief summary of some of the top influencers in the world of social media. The first social media site to reach a million monthly active users was MySpace – it achieved this milestone around 2004, about the same time as Facebook started. This is arguably the beginning of social media as we
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THE WAY IN IS THE WAY OUT
Several years ago, a neighbor/potter made, among many things, a beautiful salt shaker with one hole in the bottom. Besides being an exquisite design, the function fulfilled the saying “The way in is the way out.” We gave a number of those salt shakers to friends and family and at some point had a contest
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THEN AND NOW
As an older person, I have a perspective on living conditions then and now because how I lived then is different from how I live now. I appreciate the differences. Then there were no digital devices on which to rely for communication, storage or photos, etc. Now there is a plethora of computers, chips and
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GOD LAUGHS
There’s a saying around our house, “When we make plans, God laughs.” I have tried parsing that numerous times without a lot of success and sometimes, it’s after plans go awry for one reason or another that we have to laugh. We know about hindsight. It’s perfectly clear. We know a fair amount about insight.
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