politics

  • We Owe You Nothing

    Consensus is often used as just another word for orthodoxy. Orthodoxy is good when there is no vision of something better. Trouble appears on the horizon when orthodoxy becomes the excuse for assertiveness and abuse, regardless of facts or reason.… Continue reading

  • We Are All Hard-Wired

    Most people are hard-wired to put the individual first. Some people are hard-wired to put the community first. A few people are hard-wired to put the entire ecosystem first. Continue reading

  • Community Building With Language

    When teenagers bond, they create their own language from a lexicon of shared emotional experiences. Because of their inexperience, these are mostly from modern pop culture; song lyrics and movie quotes. When young parents bond with other young parents, they… Continue reading

  • What Tangled Webs We Weave…

    A time comes when the veil drops and it becomes clear that a person who was pretending to be a psychologist, being so smart, knowing everyone better than they knew themselves, was only using jargon to justify their abusiveness and… Continue reading

  • We All Can’t Play The Game

    After getting halfway through a stack of dirty dishes, a man sits down at the end of the dinner table where most of the extended family are playing a heated game of Uno. Ugh!! Someone reverse it! Uncle Craig!! are… Continue reading

  • The Jerk

    A jerk with a large amount of money thinks that everyone around them is greedy and shallow because the only time people talk to them is when they need money. It does not occur to the jerk that the people… Continue reading