What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself. — Abraham Maslow
What Change Requires (Maslow)
Category: Daily Dose of Reason
Republicans Have Got to Get Real About Millennials
“The [GOP] does rely too much on older and white voters, and especially in rural areas, deaths from this group can be significant,” says William Frey, demography expert at the Brookings Institution. “But millennials (born 1981 to 1997) now are … Continue reading
Don’t Forget China
The New York Times [5-16-15] reports that China is reversing its long-time policy of not competing with the United States in the development of nuclear weapons. After decades of maintaining a minimal nuclear force, China has re-engineered many of its … Continue reading
Are Wealth Producers “Lottery Winners” as Obama Claims?
Obama provided a “triple crown” of toxic ideas and attitudes over the last week, expressed via his tirades on the subject of poverty. Apparently, according to Obama himself, his policies of relentless taxation, expansive regulation of business, and executive orders … Continue reading
Columbia University: Let’s Not Hurt Students’ Feelings
In Columbia University’s student newspaper, four members of the school’s student Multicultural Affairs Advisory Board call on professors to be more sensitive when teaching provocative or controversial material… such as the Roman classical poet Ovid. Ovid is best known for … Continue reading
Tact (Winston Churchill)
“Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.” — Winston Churchill
Did Southwest Airlines Contribute to a Suicide?
A Wisconsin woman is looking for answers after she said Southwest Airlines refused to let her use her cellphone to make a call that could have saved her husband’s life. On April 3, Karen Momsen-Evers was flying back to Milwaukee … Continue reading
Dissension, Not Fox News, Makes Obama Mad
As Obama’s endless time in office drags on, he seems increasingly candid about just how much he loathes any form of disagreement or opposition. At a summit on poverty, the president is quoted as saying: I think that the effort … Continue reading
Obama’s Phobia of Ayn Rand
In a speech at Georgetown University just today, we learned two things about President Barack Obama. One, he loves the Catholic leader, Pope Francis. Two, he hates Ayn Rand. No, it’s not really a surprise. But the specifics of Obama’s … Continue reading
The Road to Hell (not Mecca) as Paved by Juan Williams
The road to hell is paved with a single word. A word that expresses a corruption in concepts and thinking almost too horrendous to explicitly name. The latest horror? Fox News commentator Juan Williams’ recent rant about how Pam Geller, … Continue reading
Excuses: Barriers to Self-Understanding
We’ve all heard (or told ourselves) how it’s wrong to make excuses. However, we don’t usually focus on why it’s bad for ourselves to make excuses. Usually, the unspoken implication is: “Well, excuses would be nice for me; but I … Continue reading
Why the Lights of Times Square are a Beautiful Thing
From the U.K. Daily Mail on 5/6/15: The dimmer could be turned on the bright lights of New York City as the Big Apple is facing pressure to remove its iconic oversized billboards from Times Square. A 2012 federal transportation … Continue reading