Our times are fraught with conflict and peril.  There is political turmoil, ecological disaster and all manner of terrible, worrisome things to keep us awake at night.  How do you manage the constant barrage of distressing news?  How about having a good laugh once in a while?  I share with you one of my all-time favorite news sources: The Onion.  Please enjoy without caution or … Continue reading How Long Since You Had A Good Laugh? »

Marshall McLuhan reminds us — some people navigate their way around life using only their rear view mirror. “The past went that-a-way. When faced with a totally new situation, they tend always to attach themselves to the objects, to the flavor of the most recent past. We look at the present through a rear view mirror. We march backwards into the future.”  Why? A while back … Continue reading Why? »

“He possesses a second rate intellect but a first rate temperament.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes This quote by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was in reference to Franklin Roosevelt, and summarizes precisely why President Roosevelt was the best hope America had to survive the trials facing the country in 1932. Holmes was a judicial legend who spent 30 years on the Supreme … Continue reading Temperament Counts For A Lot »

“Power, like vanity, is insatiable. Nothing short of omnipotence could satisfy it completely.” ~ Bertrand Russell I’m quite certain most of us, in this time of war and broken politics, have found ourselves asking: haven’t we’ve seen this picture before? Is history repeating itself?  In Bertrand Russell’s 1950 Nobel acceptance speech he attempts to answer this question. His perspective is raw and unvarnished but in … Continue reading What Makes Us Tick? »