I seldom create the title for a Deprogramming101 article until the content comes together. Then, I choose a header that is somehow connected to the conclusion or last sentence. Today is an exception. “Target Malpractice” could be applied to any number of current events. Immigration enforcement that promised to focus on violent criminals. Department of … Read more
Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed. ~Bruce Springsteen The title of today’s post was inspired by Nicholas Meyer’s novel The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, presented in the form of a dialogue between the storied detective and Sigmund Freud who was enlisted by Dr. Watson and Holmes’ brother Wycroft in hopes of … Read more
I will begin with a question. Do we really need visual evidence of Donald Trump or other associates of Jeffrey Epstein taking advantage of a young girl to disqualify them for any public or private position of authority in the United States? While pedophile might be the Nobel Prize for most deviant behavior, many people … Read more
The following is an attempt to share, with a national audience, lessons I have learned from involvement in the effort to replace the incumbent GOP/MAGA congressman in my district. Two events this week have been particularly informative. The first was triggered when I saw a Facebook post in which someone had edited one of my … Read more
It has been a week since we woke up to the tragic news about Rob and Michelle Reiner. As if the loss of two caring and talented individuals was not enough, the cruelty of the nation’s supposed “role model” in response to this tragedy made my search for some meaning in an otherwise senseless act … Read more