Here We Go Again (2)

Here We Go Again (2)

 These are strange times in America. Republicans, traditionally the political party of the wealthy owner and business class, have rebranded themselves as the working man’s party while the Democrats, traditionally the political party of labor, the disenfranchised and...
Cracks

Cracks

 “There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”     Leonard Cohen Is the glass half full or half empty? It’s the age old question. There has been much handwringing about an authoritarian takeover of the world and even of the United States....
Team Trump

Team Trump

 “Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves.” City of LiesHistorically Republicans have been in favor of smaller and limited government while Democrats have supported a larger and more activist government. In recent years that framework has changed in...
Reinventing Myself

Reinventing Myself

 It’s been quite a shock at my age to discover that the values I’ve lived by all these years are wrong. I grew up in the fifties and sixties. We didn’t have personal computers or smart phones to guide us so we lived according to the popular maxims of the day. For...
Viktor Komarovsky’s Lesson

Viktor Komarovsky’s Lesson

 To compare Donald Trump to Viktor Komarovsky does a disservice to Komarovsky. Trump lacks Komarovsky’s best qualities and embodies the worst. However the comparison is useful in that it explains Trump’s success and the dangers that may lie ahead for us and for...
Take A Deep Breath

Take A Deep Breath

 People tend to overestimate the impact of future events. That is, they predict that future events will have a more intense and more enduring impact on their personal lives than they actually do. Psychologists call this the impact bias. Harvard Psychologist Daniel...