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Archive for February, 2011
Power Is As Power Does
Public sector union members in Wisconsin are loudly protesting to uphold their right to collectively bargain, or to unionize. It seems absurd that the legislature of Wisconsin, the “Republican” legislature, believes it can take away such a fundamental right. As much as I support the right, I will also add that collective bargaining “power” is subject [...]
In Defense of Charlie Sheen
I will start out by saying, or typing, in between gulps of Toña (one of the truly great Nicaraguan beers) that Charlie is crazy….out of his mind! But is that necessarily a bad thing? Well, would Two and a Half Men be half as good if he weren’t? His recent rage against the machinery that brings [...]
A Profile in Courage
Standing up for what’s right, at all costs, is the hallmark of true courage and conviction. Kimberly Blackwell had such courage…such conviction. Blackwell was found brutally murdered on the patio of her remote home on the Osa peninsula, bordering Corcovado National Park. She had acquired a tract of land and planted cocoa trees and started [...]
Am I Just Stupid, or What?
I have been reading an interesting book on the subject of “emotional intelligence.” The book is named just that, Emotional Intelligence, by author Daniel Goleman. I have never been a big fan of books about intelligence. I really didn’t like The Bell Curve by Herrnstein and Murray that put forth the supposition that only those [...]
