Prefrontal Cortex
2012-11-18 – I just finished reading two books about the prefrontal cortext. One is How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough. The other […]
Tag Archives: Politics
Capitol Gains
2012-11-09 – Romney’s tax plan could be a way to avoid the fiscal cliff. Are you surprised I would say that? Well, I don’t mean it in the way he […]
Obama Cares
2012-11-02 – The bumper sticker on my car says “Obamacare.” The term Obamacare was coined in derision by President Obama’s opponents as if it is self-evident that caring is an […]
Anticipatory Grief
2012-10-26 – You can learn a lot about the difference between Republicans and Democrats by looking at how they process grief. Grief has been famously divided into five stages known […]
Plus or Minus 3%
2012-10-12 – Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God, The Lord is One – plus or minus three percentage points. Public opinion polls are like quantum mechanics: uncertain. So last […]
Special Debate Edition
2012-10-04 – So Romney did well. How did that happen? To me, it happened because he entirely changed the nature of his major programs. Don’t know if that constitutes a […]
Voter Suppression
2012-10-01 – Two videos are floating around the Internet to tell the story about Republican effort to suppress the vote. It’s an old story, but it has new vigor this […]
I’m Sorry
2012-09-19 – Monday I talked about sin and this season of repentance. My cousin’s daughter Em posted this on my Facebook page in response: “If only people [asked for forgiveness] […]
Victories for Collective Bargaining
2012-09-15 – Those of us who live near the 42° 30’ North parallel saw two great victories for collective bargaining this week. (Those of you who didn’t recognize 42° 30’ […]
Hostile Takeover of the USA
2012-09-10 – Your homework for today is to read an article in Rolling Stone called “Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital.” Sadly, this story […]
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