Good and the Vampires of Grief

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  • Good and the Vampires of Grief

    In death we are all human. No matter how you cut and define your life this writer feels on solid ground in saying that dying and the losses that come to those connected to the dying need to be treated… Continue reading

  • Good, the Symphony Conductor, the Dictator, and Authentic Leadership

    In an age when political leadership has all the dignity of a sophomoric food fight, we need to step aside to return to the earlier part of the 20th century and learn from a symphony conductor. We seem in our… Continue reading

  • Good and Leadership’s Shame

    It is hard and sorrowful to live in a country where the President himself acts as if ashamed of the American story. The current leadership is so ashamed they strive to erase all the dark and hard dimensions of the… Continue reading

  • 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

  • Good, Authority and the Idiot’s Power

    When a new administration appoints the cabinet members, state or federal, the prayer is the appointees have the authority (authenticity/expertise) to handle the power (simple leverage) of their new charges. The attribute of authority is a life time disciplined project,… Continue reading

  • Good and Power

    For some people good and power are contradictions and for others, near perfect synonyms. Of course both positions are false which is why we have two different words representing two distinct forces in this universe. The formal definitions of these… Continue reading