When it comes to just about any topic, it seems as if the public discourse is dominated by rhetoric, statistical noise or just flat out propaganda: people pushing and shoving for prominence in the public square or on the printed page. How quickly objectivity is obscured when it threatens to undercut this “messaging” and the “image” that is being pawned.... READ MORE >
The process of identifying potential leaders is neither simple nor straightforward. But then you, in all likelihood, don’t need me to tell you that. Jeffrey Cohn, Professor of Psychology and Intelligent Systems at the University of Pittsburgh, and Jay Moran, an executive assessment and leadership development expert, posed a rather consequential question in the title of their 2011 book, Why... READ MORE >
Ruby Flodin was a woman who lived her entire life “open-handed” toward others. Having settled in the small western Wisconsin community of Wood River, up until her passing in 2001 at the age of eighty-nine, Ruby was never distinguished as wealthy by worldly standards. She was, however, abundantly rich in grace and giving. Despite the notoriously sandy country up and... READ MORE >
Labor Day had a turbulent and rather convoluted beginning when it was first enacted some 126 years ago in 1894. Today Labor Day is no longer about trade unionists parading down the street with banners and their tools of trade protesting long hours and long work weeks. Instead, it’s become a rather discombobulated holiday with no associated ritual, unless you’re... READ MORE >
Do you know what your values are? Some nameless author reflected, “A sense of values is the most important single element in human personality”; and film writer and producer Roy Disney, nephew of the great pioneer of the American animation industry, Walt Disney, was convinced, “It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.” Roy’s declaration... READ MORE >
British historian and philosopher of history Arnold Toynbee, whose 12-volume A Study of History put forward a philosophy of history based on an analysis of the cyclical development and decline of civilizations, chronicles, “Religion [belief in an infinite God] amounts to a cultural glue which holds the civilization together. There is thus a close relationship between religions and civilizations.” In... READ MORE >
There is a flow to history and culture, and this flow is rooted in what people think. Subsequently, what people think will determine how they act. As wise old King Solomon put it, “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” Another prominent individual, known for his philosophical bent, Marcus Aurelius, considered among the most respected emperors in... READ MORE >
On February 24, 2011, Italy’s Supreme Court upheld the criminal conviction of the industrious and dynamic Cardinal Roberto Tucci. What was his crime? Polluting the environment with electromagnetic waves from transmission towers occupying over one thousand acres of land surrounded by suburban communities. The case sprang from a medical report released in 2001 by a public health agency that showed... READ MORE >
From the date of the earliest historical records, opinions have been divided on the subject of the causes and origins of pandemic diseases. In 1799, prolific author Noah Webster compiled a two-volume work titled, A Brief History of Epidemic and Pestilential Diseases in which he references the influence of electricity on the human body. On page 317 of volume two... READ MORE >
Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your point of view, we’ve come to depend on county government more today that ever before. This makes it especially important that county commissioners not only be qualified for the office, but dedicated to it as well. While no particular job experience or education is known to be the best preparation for success as a... READ MORE >
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