For a couple weeks I have been writing about truth-telling, the directness required to do so, and the vulnerability to examine one’s own motives in doing so. Accountability is a critical feature in truth-telling, and truth-telling is at the core of accountability. For a week my posts also examined an odd sort of victim playing that is…
As the many facets of the public health emergency in Flint, Michigan, continue to come to light, they reflect poorly on Governor Snyder and the increasingly common practice of government take-overs of municipalities, school districts, and other locally controlled functions from police departments to utilities. In the case of Governor Snyder, his reprehensible disregard for…
On Tuesday night people in Wisconsin and Michigan had opportunities to hear the art of obfuscation in the form of two State of the State addresses by Governors Walker and Snyder. Both had some heavy lifting to do related to their disastrous records in office. Though both of them created messes in office that will…
In what can perhaps be most kindly described as a bizarre television comedy, Strangers with Candy, Amy Sedaris plays Jerri Blank, a 46-year old ex-junkie who returns to high school. In one of the many hilarious episodes, two of her male teachers each has a sore on his lip. The ongoing gag line is, “It’s…
As I have been writing about truth-telling for the past week or so, I have included each day some comments about individuals and groups which represent themselves as somehow being victimized. Evangelicals feel victimized by Starbucks, insurers by the Affordable Care Act, gun manufacturers by background checks for purchases — each crying “foul” when they…
…many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. Free at last! Free at last! — Martin Luther King, Jr., August 1963 For the…
I have postponed this particular post for a couple of weeks to get some distance from the fever pitch of debates about it in December. But how can anyone really write about truth-telling without commenting on Christmas? Seriously, can we let go of The Elf? We all know the one to which I refer. Santa.…
We can generally tell when this congress is in session because they are “debating” the Affordable Care Act, that change in the US health care coverage arrangements that is viewed by the far right as an effort to impregnate their mothers and get compulsory anal probes by alien forces from Remulon. We have seen threats,…
I know what it is to build a company. I have done it a couple of times. In the early 1980’s, I had a small start-up fine and decorative arts auction house with four full-time and a half-dozen part-time employees. We brokered some direct sales for clients who no longer wanted a painting or other…
It would be hard to miss the thousands of tweets, sound bites, or posts about examining gun laws over the past several weeks. Some proponents of unfettered access to assault weapons have argued that our President has declared war on gun owners and the Second Amendment. Every once in a while, there is interesting debate about the…
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