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Good, Empathy, and Empathy’s Abuse
Michael Ventura, author of Applied Empathy, offered an interesting take on the subject of empathy in his article in the New York Times entitled The Dark Side of Empathy (May 4, 2025). He described two forms of empathy; one being… Continue reading
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Good, Despair, Hope and Faith All the Way Through
When outrage burns hot, despair in the cooling embers is often not far behind. Is it possible to talk about faith without hanging the word up in the tangles of religious debate? Short answer; yes. Richard Rohr says: “Faith is… Continue reading
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Good, Dictators, Billionaires and a Servant Leader
The trick of a successful dictatorship is to reduce all considerations to the balance of power and then grab power at all costs and any consequence. If you have the power you can do anything you want and usually what… Continue reading
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Good, The “We of Us”, and The Perilous Course of Administration
The death of Brian Thompson has bothered me more deeply than I could have anticipated. The philosopher Hannah Arendt wrote, administering human affairs sails perilously close to evil. As a former administrator this writer knows exactly what she was talking… Continue reading
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Good, and Falling through the Cracks
Where does one go when one “falls through the cracks”. This expression has been used by caregivers for decades to describe what happens to their children or elderly parents when for some reason the needs of their charges are not… Continue reading
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Good, Star Wars and being ‘Woke’
Star Wars has provided an oddly prophetic theme in entertainment and science fiction which may account for both its own lasting popularity and a basis for the current confusing question of the day: “why don’t we feel like the heroes… Continue reading
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Good, Human Rights, Aspiration and Grit
Be it Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, or Disability Rights, at their outset, all of those movements had little to no federal support, legal basis, or even local support. The true broad scope of movements of human rights seem always to… Continue reading
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Good, Pope Francis and the Price of Caring
A lot will be written and said in the next few months about Pope Francis, his life, death, and work. In this writer’s less expansive world I was drawn to this man and his message simply because he seemed to… Continue reading
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Good, Easter and all the Stories
Stories have been told since the dawn of consciousness. Good stories are a healing force. Easter is one of the good stories linked to a new season carrying a truth that spreadsheets, white papers and formulas can’t reach. What ever… Continue reading
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Good, Nonviolence, Pacifism, and Servant Leadership
Strangely enough there is nothing passive about nonviolence or pacifism. Nonviolence and pacifism are hard choices that must be actively engaged against the mainstream. Nonviolence itself is a decision that counters a deeply embedded instinct to respond violently to insult… Continue reading
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