Episode 82: The Absence of Ethics
With traditional sources trampled, how do we tell right from wrong? We need to ask what’s right and not merely what’s expedient.
Episode 89: Scoot
Why progress in personal transportation is questionable, and how personal injury lawyers probably invented it. Progress is great in our society, but not unfettered progress.
Trigger Alert: There Is No Profanity In This Article
Vulgarity has achieved a cult status. There’s now yet another book on the best seller lists with an F-bomb in the title. And an expletive I rarely recall ever seeing…
You Think Education Is Expensive?
Confirmation bias ought to be declared a pandemic by the Center for Disease Control. I’m astounded by the amount of people who seem physically unable to hear anything that disagrees…
Episode 93: Talent
Why talent always “outs” except when the conditions don’t allow it or there’s not enough talent. When there is talent, and it fails to show up, that’s a really…
Here’s Your Hat, What’s Your Hurry?
If you’re not sure whether a buyer is being honest with you in asking for a proposal or just trying to get you out of the office, ask this question:…
Episode 95: Free Stuff
Wherein we examine the uncomfortable truth about people and politicians seeking the benefits of free stuff. We’re in an age of free stuff on a giant scale.
Episode 96: Normalcy
How we are told of the exceptions as if they are normal and not told of the normal as if they are exceptions. The news has become synonymous with…
Episode 97: Political Debates
Pure wind, pandering, and outright lies told with a straight face. These people will eat their young for votes.
If We Do That, Then What Happens?
The problem with political initiatives and platforms is that they don’t include “if…then.” If you propose universal health care, or want to float a bond for school improvement, or invest…