Health and/or Safety
Nations seem to be in an existential battle about whether it's better to make every single inhabitant safe but unhappy, or happy but unsafe.
Blah, Blah, Blah
As I look back at the Democratic and Republican primaries, 2016 and this past year, I'm bewildered by the reality that people can get to the top of their party's attention and be such horrible debaters and speakers. They range
Yes or No?
Imagine a client asking a "yes or no" question that we refused to answer? "Will you be talking to our customers in this project?" "This project is a far better approach than your last consultant used, and I can't begin to tell
Please, Just Answer the Question
When candidates for office are asked what their approach to an issue would be, and they answer by attacking their opponent's position, and that tells me nothing. Imagine if a buyer asked you how you would approach a problem and you
Voting in the Primary
I voted in the Democratic primary here in Rhode Island Tuesday. This is probably the most Democratic (and Catholic) state in the country, though we have a puny 4 electoral votes. In 2016, Sanders beat Hillary here, a huge upset.
Stop Talking in the Back of the Room
We need to have safe classrooms for students and teachers. No argument. I'm not the expert in what "safe" is. But I do know, and I am an expert, that remote and distance learning are very weak alternatives for any kind
Not What But How?
Notice at both conventions that the politicians will talk specifically about "what" (provide quicker virus testing, provide health care for all, protect social security, attack climate change, attain social justice) but only generalize about "how" (reduce waste, create new taxes,
They’ve Built It, But Will Anyone Come?
The Democratic Convention—and I imagine the Republican Convention will be the same—simply doesn't involve me emotionally. It does intellectually, but logic makes people think while emotions make them act. Here we are in the midst of a polarized population, moral
Testing
I read this morning in the Boston Globe that none of the 80 players on the New England Patriots has tested positive for coronavirus during 28 days of continual testing thus far. I'm sure that such testing is being done for
Slow Deaths
Small businesses are the major providers of net, new jobs annually in the US (and in many other countries). Large businesses decrease jobs through automation and merger and efficiencies. They don't replace retirees readily. We can't afford to kill off small