Engaging Life with Courage and Intelligence
Donald Trump has had a lifetime fascination with professional wrestling. As most people older than ten know, professional wrestling is entertainment, not a sport. It pretends to be a sport, but it is a carefully choreographed masculine drama in which the winners and losers are predetermined. Professional wrestling seeks attention and cathartic release from macho…
The terms lock-in (noun), lock in (verb including different verb forms), or locked-in (adjective) have been around for a while. They have a surprisingly broad range of usages in technical, slang, social, business, medical, religious, and political contexts. Likewise, they have a wide spectrum of connotations, from highly positive to extremely negative. A lock-in can…
This day might not be the best day to ask how humans became so smart. Americans, in particular, seem to be going in the opposite direction, regressing into a bottomless pit of ignorance and idiocy. However, the human race, as a whole, has become the intellectual masters of Earth. Other animals and even plants have…
Yogi Berra once said, “It’s deja vu all over again.” Economic history is repeating itself, although it appears more idiotic than in the past. The Republican Party was once a thoughtful, less radical bunch. They were not in a to-the-death war with the world and found ways to compromise for the good of the nation….
The self-described genius has another challenging task. In addition to stopping the Russian war with Ukraine in one day (any day now) and putting all immigrants with tattoos into an El Salvadoran prison, Trump has to teach penguins how to do math. Trump imposed new tariffs on every island, inlet, floating iceberg, and country (except…
There are many reasons why Tesla’s market value has dropped like a rock in a lake. Many believe that Musk’s childlike techno-libertarianism and the predictable reaction of people around the world are the primary causes of Tesla’s sudden decline. However, I think that is just one factor. The Tesla truck has become the laughingstock of…
When I was a young, impressionable lad, a visitor to my Sunday School class gave us a little inspirational talk meant to elevate a small group of impressionable young boys. I will never forget what he said about selecting friends. He said, “Seek out people who are honest, humble, and of good character.” This one…
While Trump befriends America’s enemies, his tariff wars convert friends into enemies. The headlines are filled with the growing animosity from Canada, Mexico, and Europe. However, let’s not forget our friends in Asia. Japan is currently selling U.S. Treasury bonds in reaction to Trump’s tariff war. So, why do you think we should be concerned?…
Many books document the aftermath of countries and cults that fail spectacularly. The scenario should be familiar to everyone: A charismatic leader convinces his cult followers that they have mighty, secret powers or standing in the world. He convinces them that their unique beliefs will allow them to triumph in the afterlife, the current life,…
Arrogance really comes from insecurity, and in the end our feeling that we are bigger than others is really the flip side of our feeling that we are smaller than others. Desmond Tutu While some of James Bond’s movie scenarios involved undercover spying with foreign governments, several involved spying on rouge, power-seeking entrepreneurs. One of…