How do you determine that your information is accurate and valid? Do you take the time to evaluate where and how the information got to you? What makes you believe that it is so? Is it the source of the information? The author of the article? The website it came from? The article validates your…Read more Determining Good Signals
Month: February 2017
I never asked…
I never asked permission But sometimes I was told no I never asked permission But sometimes I couldn't go I never asked permission Most times I couldn't go all day I never asked permission I often found another way I never asked permission And I still won't It's my life And you don't Get to tell…Read more I never asked…
Lack of Leadership Quality
This week at a press conference, #45 asked for a "friendly reporter" and this happened (see video on link) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/us/politics/trump-press-conference-jake-turx.html The young Orthodox Jewish man kindly phrased the question; and asked what the government planned to do about the increase in threats and violence against the Jewish community. Not only was the young man…Read more Lack of Leadership Quality
What is America?
I saw a challenge on Facebook last night from an author that I respect. Three sentences. Three sentences only, and none about Trump; no political screeds, of any kind; diatribes; or other exceedingly verbose dissertations. He asked: What is America? This was my response. America is a dream; the best hopes of humanity wrapped up…Read more What is America?
I Object
"I object to you. I object to intellect without discipline. I object to power without constructive purpose." Spock, from the Original Series episode "The Squire of Gothos" There are wonderful nuggets of wisdom contained in what was a low-budget television show that's now 50 years old. This is why it has stood the test of…Read more I Object
How Terribly Lonely
"How compact your bodies are, and what a variety of senses you have. This thing you call language though, most remarkable. You depend on it for so very much, but are any one of you really its master? But most of all, the aloneness. You are so alone. You live out your lives in this…Read more How Terribly Lonely
How not to get old…
This has nothing to do with coloring your hair, or beard in my case, using wrinkle cream, or how much exercise you get. Exercise is certainly helpful - you've got to keep moving - but it's not the only answer. One way to keep young? Be with young people. Volunteer with them. Keep up with the…Read more How not to get old…