107th Edition Polls I’ve never been a big fan of polls because I think a lot of them are rigged to support existing opinions. Today, what isn’t biased in some way? Nevertheless, I was intrigued by a recent Gallup poll on
106th Edition Mind-freeing exercises I’ve written several blogs in the past about the decline in trust within our country and the growing dependency on technology. I’ve suggested that these two trends are correlated. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal, “Bosses
105th Edition Pedal Harder There is quite a lot of controversy surrounding RTO and Jamie Dimon’s outburst about it. RTO stands for Return to Work. Why that phrase should cause any controversy tells you a bit about the culture we live in. Back
104th Edition Lessons from Edward R. Murrow During the Battle of Britain, CBS reporter, Edward R. Murrow, became to Americans, the voice of London. Not the official spokesperson for the British government, but the voice of the commoners, the people in
103rd Edition The anxiety of youth I’ve been reading numerous articles lately about the preponderance of anxiety in today’s youth. The issue seems to surface all the time. We talk about it in Sunday School class, read about it in the Wall
102nd Edition Public service and a moral compass I’ve been thinking a lot about this question lately – Should Government be run like a business? Robert Rubin, who served as the U.S. Treasury Secretary from 1995-1999, addressed this question in an
101st Edition Syndicated columnist, Peggy Noonan, wrote a wonderful article recently called “Signposts on the Wisdom Trail,” in which she shares wisdom from some of her personal sources and mentors, namely, Lincoln, C.S. Lewis, David Foster Wallace, and her friend’s
100th Edition In keeping with a blog I recently wrote about not being a fan of technology, I decided to forego the self-checkout option at the grocery store and wait a minute or two while a young woman scanned the
99th Edition The world is way too reliant on technology. And it’s getting worse. Let me share this quite embarrassing personal experience… The day after Christmas I got locked inside my car. The battery died and when that happens, the car doors lock and there
98th Edition I’ve always been very interested in the idea of discovery. As a young boy I dreamed of discovering or inventing something completely new. One morning when I was about eight years old, my sister burned the toast. I thought it would