Donald Trump’s Best Investment

  There has been a lot of discussion whether there was any quid pro quo  associated with donations to the Clinton Family Foundation while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the term as “something that is given to you or done for you in return for something you have given to or … Read more

The Dog Days of Summer

  In baseball, the “dog days of summer” refers to the period from mid-July to the end of August when temperatures and humidity reach their peak.  It is also the time when a team’s outcome is pretty much determined.  You are either a contender or already declaring “wait ’til next year.” For politicians running for … Read more

The Windbags of War

  Let me introduce you to Evelyn Farkas.  In September 2015, Dr. Farkas resigned as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia after five years in the Obama administration.  Previously she served as executive director of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction and staff member to the Senate Armed Services Committee. Politico.com … Read more

How to Build A Conspiracy Theory

Disclaimer:  One modus operandi of the Donald Trump campaign has been the creation and distribution of conspiracy theories about his rivals.  Perhaps the most infamous  was linking Ted Cruz’s father to Lee Harvey Oswald.  Recently the campaign has pieced together unrelated information and video clips to suggest Hillary Clinton was physically ill and incapable of fulfilling … Read more

Turning Lemons Into Lemonettes

  In his award winning video Everyday Creativity, National Geographic photographer Dewitt Jones suggests one key to living a creative life is by “reframing problems into opportunities.”  Some people suggest Jones is merely restating the old adage, “Necessity is the mother of invention,” a time-tested principle which can be found in English translations of Plato’s Republic.   … Read more