How demagogues manipulate people

Demagogue (noun) – a political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational argument. – Oxford Languages Our political discourse today is filled with demagogues. There is much power to gain, and money to be made, by cultivating a mass following of devoted fans. … Read more

Permission to be a Bully

Thirty percent of American adults suffer abusive conduct at work. This affects 76.3 million workers. According to ongoing surveys taken by the Workplace Bullying Institute, bullying in the American workplace is up 11% since 2017. The 2017 survey was taken during Donald Trump’s first year in the presidency. At that time leadership experts coined the … Read more

Fiction vs. Reality

The world is full of lies. Deliberate, insidious, corrosive lies. They come from many quarters: commerce, politics, the media. They have many sources: the evil, the manipulative, the selfish, and the ignorant. The “very elect” have been, and are being, deceived by these lies, which have been carefully constructed to masquerade as the truth. Those … Read more