Tag: Politics

• If It Ain’t About the Money… What is it?

  Law Student 1: Is that a body? Law Student 2: Someone killed her? Attorney: It was an accident Law Professor: And we’re going to make it look like a bigger accident. Law Student 2: Why would we do that? We should go to the Police Law Professor: Do what I say and ask questions later?…

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  December 7, 2015

  Current Events, Freedom, Politics, Psychology, Social Commentary, Terrorism

  America, Family, Gun Control, Guns, HTGAWM, murder, NRA, Politics, San Bernardino, Shonda Rhimes

• The Right Words to Say

  “We never say so much when we do not quite know what we want to say. We need few words when we have something to say, but all the words in all the dictionaries will not suffice when we have nothing to say and want to desperately to say it.”  – Eric Hoffer It has…

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  November 9, 2015

  Current Events, Freedom, Politics, Psychology, Self- Reflection, Social Commentary, Storytelling

  Discourse, Emotion, Eric Hoffer, Family, Politics, Right, Truth, Words

• America’s Favorite Subject: Me (The Monday Fits)

  “We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests” – Franklin D. Roosevelt This post is obviously about selfishness and it has been in the works for quite a while. I actually originally wrote this blog topic…

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  September 21, 2015

  Current Events, Politics, Race, Social Commentary, Social Media

  America, Black Lives Matter, Elections, Future, GOP, Muslim, Obama, Politics, Selfishness, Trump

• What’s With the Middle Class? (The Monday Fits)

  “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein It’s time to be a little direct. There is something wrong with the middle class. Politicians, theorists, and writers tell us time and time again, that the middle class is the social class that matters…

  missingperspective

  May 4, 2015

  Current Events, Journalism, Politics, Race, Social Commentary

  America, Baltimore, Einstein, Ferguson, HBO, Koch Brothers, Newsroom, Police, Politics, Poverty, Rich, Riots, The Middle Class

• The Monday Fits: Episode 4

  “Do what you feel in your heart to be right, you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, damned if you don’t” – Eleanor Roosevelt   The art of critiquing and judgement can be mastered by a skillful commentator who can provide insightful instruction that provides positive change in a person, group or…

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  November 17, 2014

  Current Events, Journalism, Politics, Social Media

  Baby Boomers, Finance, Future, Generations, Joneses, Millennials, Politics, Risk, technology

• You Really Don’t Know, What You Don’t Know

  “True wisdom is knowing what you don’t know” ― Confucius I am a firm believer that with hard work and dedication you can accomplish just about anything that you set your mind to; it’s that optimistic gene. Optimism is just one of those things that you are born with or you’re not. You kind of can’t…

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  October 31, 2014

  Current Events, Education, Politics, Social Media

  America, Congress, Education, Federal Reserve, Income Inequality, Janet Yellen, middle class, Money, Politics, Social Capital, Wealth Inequality

• Capitalism Needs A Hit of Community

  This past weekend I was at a restaurant and I overheard a couple young kids, maybe in their early twenties, talking about marriage, or rather talking about looking forward to their second marriage, because the first marriage was just practice. And one specifically, who sounded as if he was going to the military after college, because…

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  October 24, 2014

  Business, Current Events, Marriage, Politics

  America, Ayn Rand, Capitalism, Community, Marriage, Politics, Voting

• FLAWED: Society’s Critique on Beyonce and Feminism

   “Okay, I promise I’m not a feminist. Well, I mean I am a feminist based on the definition, but I don’t want to be called a feminist, because I’m not a man hating, over-sexed, abortion pushing, I need my birth control free kind of woman,” – For starters, feminism has never been about any of…

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  September 4, 2014

  Current Events, Freedom, Race, Social Media

  Beyonce, Feminism, Politics, VMAs

• America – What is our Problem?

  

    “I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.” Ernest Hemingway Everyone is born with a perspective. The list of variables that affect our perspective is endless, from our parents, lack of parents, social status, race, religion, educational opportunity, etc. These variables shape us to bond with…

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  August 21, 2014

  Current Events, Politics, Race, Social Commentary

  America, Approval rating, Congress, Declaration of Independence, Gallup Polls, Patriotism, Politics, Warren Buffett