If you want a fascinating example of the law of unintended consequences, check out how the non-rule “Don’t end a sentence with a preposition” has led to an irritating and meaningless sentence quirk that is maddeningly popular, particularly among inexperienced writers who want to sound more “fancy” or “correct.” (I won’t bore you with the

Hysteria solves nothing but just creates confusion. Hate quickly degenerates into a self-gobbling whirlpool of repeated grievances that feel new and righteous, but misses important things because it can’t see past the red. Rushing headlong into action before fully understanding the variables is just another form of hesitation, and hesitation is nearly always fatal. Studied, deliberate action

Don’t buy into or participate in the cynical, dark version of humanity that this president ran on.   When you strike out against or hate your fellow humans because you disagree with them, you are tacitly buying into his opportunistic rhetoric.   If you’re not into respecting your fellow humans as a thing unto itself,

Notice that even though the campaign is over, Trump supporters STILL feel the need to bring up Obama and Hillary when anyone calls out Trump or his frightening team of half-wits and robber barons. After all, what else can they do? After putting 98% of their principles and beliefs on hold so they could do

I am worried and angry about this shape-shifter being sworn in today, who regularly and without apology violates or ignores every important human-centric tenet we have all heretofore claimed to value and treasure.   I do not care to apologize for this viewpoint, which I consider sane and obvious. You may call it whining or

I believe in the lessons of the Enlightenment: Human is human. Period. I believe that tendencies from the Right or Left to forget these lessons can and do lead to atrocities (regardless of intent), and could eventually lead to the extermination of all humans if unchecked. I believe there are sometimes bad actors among humans,

That “locker room talk” BS is what we call a Red Herring, which is something distracting or misleading that draws attention from the matter at hand. Let no one say that cad is not brilliant at controlling the conversation (i.e. marketing, PR, etc). When that tape was released, his apologists and sycophants realized the seriousness

This is the REAL karma: What you call your personality is really just a collection of decisions, a curation of actions. You are the sum, ongoing total of your decisions — not your circumstances. Embrace the power of that! There is power in owning who and what you ARE: Your good decisions, your bad decisions,