The Prime Directive

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

Robbed

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

A Cure for Alzheimer’s

NOTE: As many of you know, I am currently in Milan, Italy teaching a course in change management as part of the international MBA program at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. Even though I did not have time to acknowledge it last month, October 28 was the 10th anniversary of my first post … Read more

A Taste of Armageddon

The title of today’s post is also the title of the 23rd episode of the original “Star Trek,” which first aired on the 23rd day of February, 1967, a synchronistic coincidence (is that an oxymoron?) that could not be ignored. The Wikipedia page devoted to this installment opens with the following description. “In the episode, … Read more

A Non-Pattern of Political Violence

For the second time in just over a year, gunmen targeted a high-profile conservative political figure. On July 13, 2024, Thomas Matthew Crooks wounded then Republican nominee Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. This week, Tyler Robinson murdered conservative activist Charlie Kirk during an appearance at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. … Read more