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Good, Extortion, and the Art of the Misdeal
Not everything in life is a deal. When an offer is made and the only real alternative to the dealer’s offer is death and destruction of everything that matters to you, the transaction is called extortion. Extortion, for clarification, is a crime. Our country recently try to extort a deal with Iran and received the…
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Good and What We Want to be True
Truth is not what we want it to be, but rather what it is. In an esoteric discussion of black holes, David Kaiser a professor of physics and science at M.I.T. made an elegant summary of their discussion of science in one sentence. “What we discover depends on what’s out there.” Our current situation in…
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Good, Democracy and Whose War is This?
Bret Stephens is a conservative columnist for the New York Times and probably a lonely one too. He seems one of the few remaining conservatives who think, feel and strenuously process their way through the days events. I read him to sharpen my own thought process even if I disagree on many of his points.…
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Good, and Deep Joy Beyond Grief’s Long Road; An American Easter Wish
It could be very easy to let Easter slide by this year without learning or feeling its meaning. In America we have a war, domestic terror for ourselves, our neighbors or both, rising prices, a crumbling democracy, and diminished international standing. Church, colorful clothing, jelly beans and chocolate easter bunnies might just bounce off the…
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Good and America’s New Terrorists
This writer is not sure how one could describe the effects of quid pro quo death threats or threats to one’s family as anything other than terrifying. Perhaps it is because in the course of my career I lived with those threats even though I was simply responsible for a range of human services one…
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Good and Why Nations Aren’t Nurturance Communities: American Conflations
The American diaspora to Italy just had a hard rejection. Italy recently overturned the rules of citizenship and those people trying to close the ancestral loop of immigration to America and back just learned they may not be welcome as returned Italian citizens. Rejection hurts in so many ways. Being stateless is painful. Our current…
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Good, Nationalism and Religion, and the Creative Tolerance Mandate
The word good, under the right circumstances, can be paired with either nationalism and religion, but never can good be tied to nationalism and religion linked together. The founders of this country knew from the outset that nationalism and any religion as a paired phrase was fatal to the long term of a democratic free…
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Good, Chaos and When Delusion Breaks Us Down
Vulnerability can be a wonderful thing until it isn’t. In order to enjoy life one must be vulnerable to the delicate inputs of joy’s networks because if you aren’t open to joy, eventually you become numb. The question is being asked in the news around the country; why are Americans so unhappy right now? The…
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Good, Extremely Shallow or Rooted Radical: Americas Choice.
Both the left and the right of politics in this nation are a blend of ideological and strategic, but seem to avoid becoming radical. We currently have an administration, both ideological and strategic, that has shed nearly all the values of democracy in an effort to make the trains run on time, but have lost…
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Good, Condolences, and a Heartfelt Apology to the Robert S. Mueller Community.
Upon hearing of his death, this writer and The Good Decision Project wish to express condolences and gratitude to Robert Mueller, his family, friends and community. But in addition to heart felt condolences, in the name of this nation, we wish to apologize to you, and all who loved and admired Robert Mueller, for the…
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