TRAP-ed
From dog groomers to investment advisors workers are being trapped in dead end jobs by something called a TRAP. In fact there are more workers trapped in a TRAP than ever before. Continue reading TRAP-ed
Category: Shapiro
How Minds Change
How Minds Change by David McRaney. How we can use it findings to save democracy by yours truly. Continue reading How Minds Change
Fire Up Above
There’s another wild fire in California that’s eating up tens of thousands of acres. The ten biggest wild fires in the state’s history have all occurred in the last ten years. Now just why is that I wonder? Continue reading Fire Up Above
Another Roadside Attraction
Down the street from where I live there is a new roadside attraction that’s a tribute to the power of art, resilience, and love. Continue reading Another Roadside Attraction
One Toke Over The Line
Songs can be interpreted to mean many things, but the 1971 country-rock hit One Toke Over The Line is not a “modern spiritual”. It’s about just what you think it’s about. Continue reading One Toke Over The Line
But On The Other Hand…
I’ve still got interpersonal communication on my mind. This time I’m asking some people to pipe down. Continue reading But On The Other Hand…
Can We Talk?
Conversations are the acorns that will grow into the oaks of political civility. Continue reading Can We Talk?
Trumbull County
Trumbull County in Ohio is the home of this past weeks unlikely J6 Committee witness. Let’s take a look at it to see if we can get some clues as to why these average Americans got caught up in Trump’s Big Lie. Continue reading Trumbull County
Change Is Inevitable
The world spins around each day, never in reverse. What’s gone is gone. Embrace the future and accept that we can never go back to before. Or become a relic of another time. Continue reading Change Is Inevitable
Another Brick In The Wall
Keep the masses uneducated and they will believe anything you tell them. It’s as true today as it was in the Dark Ages. One side of the political spectrum wants to educate. The other, not so much Continue reading Another Brick In The Wall
The Fifth Of July
This Fifth of July let the world see that the United States stands for democracy, not in the false words of those wishing to destroy it, but rather in the true actions of those determined to defend it. Continue reading The Fifth Of July
The Room Where It Happened
I know what it is to know what you know and must decide if and when to say it, but while I can get away with not naming names, Cassidy Hutchinson had to make the hard choice to tell the truth to the world. Continue reading The Room Where It Happened
The Gold(en) State Rules
They say there is a Golden Rule: He who has the gold makes the rules. I think it’s time for the Golden State to start making the rules. Trust me, you’ll be better off for it. Continue reading The Gold(en) State Rules
Stop Clutching Your Pearls
Too many people clutching too many pearls these days. Continue reading Stop Clutching Your Pearls
Pride and Prejudice
It’s Pride Month which apparently means it’s time for the nutball wing of the body politic to let us all know how homophobic they are. My question: why is that? Continue reading Pride and Prejudice
Amateur Hour
I just hate it when amateurs try to be tour guides. They always screw it up. And this might be the prime example of it. Continue reading Amateur Hour
Sportwashing In The USA
A country can polish its image in numerous ways. Colorful festivals, cheap air fare to come visit, unselfish acts of humanitarianism. Paying men obscene amounts of money to hit a little ball into a just slightly larger hole 500 yards away ain’t one of them. Continue reading Sportwashing In The USA
Meanwhile in Old California
Some thoughts on last Tuesday’s primary election here in the Golden State of mind. Continue reading Meanwhile in Old California
The American Hall of Mirrors
The hall of mirrors the American medical system has become is perhaps the most elaborate, contorted, and ultimately fraudulent scheme in the history of man. Continue reading The American Hall of Mirrors
America’s High School
School shootings have become so commonplace in this country that when the body count is only a few it hardly makes the news. Maybe if they knew it was America’s High School things would be different. Continue reading America’s High School
BottleRocked
Bottle Shock – a temporary condition when wine changes color upon bottling, then reverts back soon after. Continue reading BottleRocked
A Fundamental Question
What does the word government mean to you? It’s a fundamental question we never seem to ask people running for office. We should. Continue reading A Fundamental Question
Thunder From Down Under
It came from the land down under. Do you hear, do you hear the thunder? Follow the example of Labor and the Teals and Greens in Australia and Democrats will have Republicans running and taking cover. Continue reading Thunder From Down Under
Another List of Names
It’s time for us to stop calling incidents like the one in Buffalo “mass shootings” and start calling them what they really are, “terrorist attacks”. Continue reading Another List of Names
Slip Sliding Away
Hey men, did you know that leaked Supreme Court ruling can/will have an effect on you? It’s a distinct possibility that if the government can tell women they must be mothers, they can also tell men they must be fathers. Continue reading Slip Sliding Away
And Away We Go…
How can Democrats win in 2022? By saying what they really believe in. Then saying it again. And once more for good effect. In other words keep saying it to everyone who will listen. That’s how Democrats win elections. Continue reading And Away We Go…
Libby
I never knew her. She was a frightened 16 year old girl in an unimaginably horrible situation. She paid for it with her life. And a family was changed forever Continue reading Libby
Oligarchs ‘R Us
Russia has oligarchs. But so does the West. And they run some of the biggest media outlets, including the one where Rupert Murdoch uses Tucker Carlson as his ventriloquist dummy, Continue reading Oligarchs ‘R Us
Some Final Thoughts From The Road
“Sal, we gotta go and never stop going ’till we get there.’
‘Where we going, man?’
‘I don’t know but we gotta go.”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road Continue reading Some Final Thoughts From The Road
From the End to the Beginning
Our vacation trip brings us to Los Alamos, New Mexico and a chance for family lore and world history to collide. It made me think about what history really means. Continue reading From the End to the Beginning