Sociopaths among us

The culture war is not fundamentally between left and right, liberal and conservative, progressive and reactionary, tolerant and intolerant.Fundamentally it has nothing to do with ideals, values or visions of the future. It’s a fight between decent people and sociopaths. Jeremy Sherman I have been perplexed for years how supposedly decent, good-hearted, moral, people – … Read more

Developing Leadership Skills

In my undergraduate days, majoring in Speech/Theatre Education, I took a class called, “Small Group Discussion.” The instructor divided the class into groups of six or seven people. Each group was instructed to create a task for themselves (which the instructor would not define for us). We would be presenting the results of that task … Read more

Worse than incompetent, Trump is extremely dangerous

Malignanat Trump

I used to think that Donald J. Trump was simply incompetent. That the problem was that the presidency was far beyond his abilities. That he was flailing because he was in way over his head. It very quickly became obvious to me that he is an extreme narcissist. Everything around him has to be about … Read more

Worse than Oligarchy, we now live in a Pathocracy

Pathocracy — a system of government wherein a small pathological minority takes control over a society of normal people. Andrew Lobaczewski Pathocracy — governance by individuals with a seriously defective or missing conscience, specifically narcissists, and their ilk. Elizabeth Mika The government of the United States is now unmistakably pathological. The behavior of the United … Read more

Are You an Everyday Saint?

Vader and Luke

Do you lean more toward the dark side or the light side? I don’t usually take those Facebook “personality tests” because they are scientifically meaningless, and because I believe their real purpose is to sell information about one’s interests and personality to advertisers. However, I am not opposed to self-knowledge. Legitimate, scientifically-based, tools can sometimes … Read more