Why Insult the Mentally Ill?

  Pundits on both sides are having a field day with the release of Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury.  Many, including MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, claim it adds to what he and others had been hearing from Trump’s inner circle and Republicans on Capitol Hill. Trump allies have attacked the book as “fiction” or “garbage,” but most have … Read more

What Do These Folks Have in Common?

  Thanks to Michael Wolff we now know one more major topic of disagreement in the Trump White House.  Donald’s inner circle cannot decide what is the appropriate nomenclature for their boss’ intellectual aptitude.  Idiot?  Moron? Bleeping moron? Unfit?  Child?  As Wolff tells it, most of these descriptions are expressed following policy discussions be it … Read more

But Who’s the Puppeteer?

  As hard as one might try, it is next to impossible to forget the exchange between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during the foreign policy debate (October 2016), when each accused the other of being a puppet.  As we approach the first anniversary of this national nightmare, it’s clear the evidence is on Clinton’s … Read more

Social Media and the Next Election

Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness. ~Marshall McLuhan As many of you know, my day job involves helping individuals and organizations approach life and business from a more creative perspective.  At the core of our methodology is the need to suspend judgment, those assumptions and biases which represent barriers to previously unexplored avenues … Read more