24 09, 2012

Politics: Six Reasons Why Politicians Believe They Can Lie (and Not Get Caught)

By | September 24th, 2012|Categories: Politics|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

With the presidential and congressional campaigns in the homestretch, the quadrennial contest for deception, misdirection, fact-bending, half-truths, and downright lies, in other words, the challenge to win the hearts and minds of voters, is in full swing. In writing this post, I’m trying to maintain a neutral stance on which party and which candidates are [...]

23 05, 2011

Politics: Please Fire the Pundits!

By | May 23rd, 2011|Categories: Politics|2 Comments

I should be a pundit. According to a new study, I possess the two qualities most predictive of accurate prognostication. More on that shortly. You should be a pundit; you have as much chance of being correct in your predictions as most pundits. More on that a bit later too. Remember the days when there [...]

11 04, 2011

Politics: Too Bad Kids Can’t Vote

By | April 11th, 2011|Categories: Politics|0 Comments

If children could vote, then I'm sure politicians in both our federal and state governments would demonstrate some actual concern for them rather than demonstrating a wanton disregard for these little citizens who are the future of America. This profound indifference to the needs of our children is displayed starkly in how the federal and [...]

7 02, 2011

Politics: Three Words We Need to Hear More in Politics

By | February 7th, 2011|Categories: Politics|3 Comments

You didn't hear those three words from the liberals after their off-the-mark accusations of right-wing instigation of the Tucson tragedy. You didn't hear them from Michele Bachmann after her history-revising Tea Party response to President Obama's State of the Union speech. These three words are almost entirely absent from the political landscape. Yet, for America [...]

24 01, 2011

Politics: The Futility of Civility

By | January 24th, 2011|Categories: Politics|1 Comment

In the aftermath of the Tucson tragedy, there has been much renewed discussion about the tenor of political discourse in America and the need for a return to a more civil tone among those with divergent views. But even such a horrible national event couldn't tear many in the politicosphere from their ideological high horses. [...]

6 12, 2010

Politics: Disgust: Political Emotion of the Times

By | December 6th, 2010|Categories: Politics|3 Comments

There have been a whole lot of emotions flying around this fall leading up to and in the aftermath of the mid-term elections in November. Before November 2nd, there was mostly frustration and anger on the Right and fear and resignation on the Left. After the "shellacking" at the polls, another set of emotions kicked [...]

8 11, 2010

Politics: Consumers Should Be “Too Big to Fail”

By | November 8th, 2010|Categories: Politics|1 Comment

As distasteful as it was to see the financial, insurance, and automotive industries bailed out for their greedy and reckless behavior, it seems clear that President Bush's and President Obama's decisions to do so were correct. Allowing the "too big to fail" companies to fail, however much they deserved to die a slow and painful [...]

3 10, 2010

Politics: The Psychic Toll of the Great Recession

By | October 3rd, 2010|Categories: Politics|2 Comments

Of course I'm concerned about the financial well-being of our citizens. Every layoff and foreclosure hurts not only individuals and their families, but also the over-all health of our economy. But, given my Ph.D. in Psychology, I'm also deeply concerned about the impact of the Great Recession on the individual psyches of Americans who strain [...]

6 09, 2010

Politics: When Did the Senate Turn into Pre-school?

By | September 6th, 2010|Categories: Politics|3 Comments

I've become quite an authority on pre-schoolers these days. My eldest daughter just finished pre-school and my youngest daughter is in her second year. Plus, I'm writing my third parenting book tentatively titled, Parenting on Message: The 9 Essential Messages to Give Your Child a Great Start to Life (The Experiment Publishing, Spring, 2011), which [...]

8 08, 2010

Politics/Popular Culture: Losing the Real Culture War

By | August 8th, 2010|Categories: Politics, Popular Culture|0 Comments

In recent decades, America has become embroiled in a so-called “culture war” between the right and left, red states and blue states. This culture war, supposedly fought over the moral values that are intended to guide our country, has created a schism so wide and seemingly so insurmountable that, as we stand now, a future [...]