The contrasts are black and white and stark …
in everything from hope and anger to failure, character, leadership and friendship (4 min read) Two men. Two Presidents. Two stories. Two books. Two Americas. Two visions (well, at least one). One rooted in Read more...
Three of the most dangerous words in history …
"Going along with" (4 min read) "We were just going along with ..." has been the shameful, crying confession of millions of good people across a history of war, carnage and tyrannical leaders. And Read more...
A must-read – in case you missed it
Canadian anthropologist pens brilliant denouement of America (15 minute read) In Rolling Stone, Wade Davis, who holds the Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia, captures the Read more...
One picture is worth a 1000 words …
but one psycho-neurotic isn't worth one vote, let alone 60 million (25% of eligible voters)! (3 min read) Bravo to the Toronto Star and cartoonist Michael De Adder for an image that says what Read more...
The most important four-letter word is …
vote – and you can use the other four-letter words to curse the outcomes if you don't vote Photo: Emily Howard Stowe (1831-1904) (9 minute read) Emily Howard Stowe was a great Canadian. She Read more...
“I was raised to know that I should never …
sacrifice a principle for personal ambition." Who said it? (7 minute read) Oh, okay, that's an easy question to answer. But inherent in the answer is a much larger question and a much more Read more...
Charles Ponzi, Bernie Madoff, Donald Trump, Frank Underwood …
only one of these is not a real Ponzi scheme (2 minute read + links to three articles, a book, a blog and a video) Trump fatigue is a common aliment in infirmaries across Read more...
Is Trump a Russian asset?
New York magazine bombshell article says "highly possible" – a must read! (Two minute highlight read + New York magazine 25 minutes) I find conspiracy theories somewhere between humorous – as in absurd – Read more...
What do 27 psychiatrists, psychologists & mental health experts know about Donald Trump that we don’t?
Not much. They just have the training, professional duty and guts to do something about it. Three things you might not know A new, must-read book (guaranteed bestseller) will be released on Tuesday, October Read more...
Trump would fail “Basic Training” as Commander-In-Chief because …
... he doesn't pass the minimum requirements in the US Army's FM 6-22 Leader Development Field Manual Three things you might not know Donald Trump would not pass the "five crucial qualities" in the Read more...
On Bullshit – a perspicacious, philosophical take on …
our society's state of affairs and the President of BS Four things you might not know The author of the bestselling book, On Bullshit is Harry Frankfurt, professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University. Read more...
America! Where is your outrage? Because …
Atlas can't keep shrugging off this guy Trump Three things you might not know – and one you do Rex Tillerson, US Secretary of State, said his favorite book is Ayn Rand's 1957 novel Read more...
President Donald Trump will quit …
because the kid in him is overwhelmed, scared to death and cannot survive knowing he will be seen as a "loser" (Donald Trump photo courtesy New York Times) Four must read articles Here are Read more...
Thank you Bill O’Reilly – sort of, kind of …
at least you've reminded us of our Darwinian downside Three things you might not know Genetically, we humans are only 1.2% different than chimpanzees.[1] Research finds that male chimpanzees that wage a campaign of Read more...
Why does everyone ignore the numbers …
and the truth about the presidency of the United States and the state of democracy from the largest nations to the smallest communities? Five things you might not know Donald Trump became the Read more...
Fool us once, shame on you; fool us twice, shame on us
America you've be duped, again Three things you might not know Richard M. Nixon said, "When the President does it that means it is not illegal." Donald Trump will be in violation of the Read more...
Leadership and the power of emulation …
Could Trump's brand of leadership become a problem across generations of leaders? Four things you might not know, and one you do We all know Trump is "yuugh" on branding and basks in his Read more...
America got it right … well, a quarter of America got it half right
24% got it right and voted for change but is it the right change or Russian roulette? Four things you might not know Only 24% of Americans elected Donald Trump as President of Read more...
Empires decay from within, from the grassroots …
and small towns are a window onto the state of the nation Three things you might not know By 2050, 70 percent of the world’s population will be urban. Urbanites are hyper-susceptible to stress Read more...
I give up. Trump wins
Trump has exhausted every adverb, adjective, rebuttal, rational analysis and the essence of deductive reasoning (1 minute read) A syllogism destroyed Since the time of Aristotle (384-322 BCE), the syllogism has been a cornerstone of Read more...
Stand, kneel, sit, jump, run, pass … what difference does nationalism make?
Are national anthems really about respect? Or repression? Four things you might not know Patriotism has been recognized since the earliest civilizations but nationalism is a relatively new concept with its origins in the Read more...
Are Stumpf and Trump biologically connected?
Egregious behavior by hollow, narcissistic leaders like Stumpf and Trump is, unfortunately, in the DNA of homo sapiens Four things you might not know The root cause of the behavior of bankers and corporate leaders Read more...
Read this book BEFORE November 8th
An evidence-based exposé of Trump's mob connections and his history of psychopathic behavior Three things you might not know The public record is clear. For forty years Donald Trump has had personal and business connections Read more...
“What caused Donald Trump?” Surprise! It’s not what you think
New data disproves the mainstream chatter and assumptions Gallup interviewed 87,428 Americans and were able to fine tune where support for Trump is coming from (who and where). It's the driving cause behind his rise Read more...
Ten leadership books most leaders probably haven’t read, but should
A plethora of lessons, a dearth of leadership Six things you might not know: More than 11,000 business books are published annually.[1] Surprise, the top-ten books listed below are seldom on anybody's top-10 or Read more...
Presidential debate features a Hedgehog and Chicken Little, not a fox
Hillary was the Hedgehog, Donald was Chicken Little The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing. – Archilochus (680-645 BCE) Four things you might remember: Isaiah Berlin's famous essay, The Read more...
Picking a winner in the first Presidential debate will be easy – try this
The only three things you need to observe in comparing candidates Mental capability (as defined by Jaques & Cason) Emotional intelligence (as defined by Daniel Goleman) Knowledge (as defined by you or any objective person) Read more...
Does Trump’s birther lie confirm a more frightening truth?
A truth Alexander Hamilton feared greatly Two things you probably do know – and two you might not Either Donald Trump lied for more than four years or Donald Trump told the truth for Read more...
Isn’t one lunatic with nuclear weapons enough?
Three things you might not know: In 5-10 years America, your children and your grandchildren could be in the nuclear cross-hairs of North Korea. Egypt and other countries could be customers for Kim Jong Un's Read more...
Does mental capability trump cultural coding?
Two things you might not know: “We found that the pattern of peoples’ mental processing could be observed in the manner in which they organized their information, or arguments, in the course of an engrossed Read more...
Trump plays high school dodge ball
3 things to think about: Being one of 1,860 billionaire's does not qualify anyone to be President of the United States. One lousy interviewer can deprive Americans of critical information they require to make educated Read more...