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Climate Change
I don't want to be accused of pulling a bait and switch so let me say from the outset that this post isn't really about climate change,...
Doug Weiss
Jul 21, 20244 min read
Black & White
I just finished re-reading for the second time a book that I want to commend to you, Falling Upward, by Fr. Richard Rohr. Rohr is a...
Doug Weiss
Jul 14, 20244 min read
Platitudes
The Oxford English Dictionary defines a platitude as a statement, especially one expressing moral content that has been used so often as...
Doug Weiss
Jul 7, 20243 min read
To your health
I don't know about you but it seems every day i read in one journal or another about some amazing medical breakthrough that promises to...
Doug Weiss
Jun 30, 20243 min read
Fake News
As we entered the twenties--that is the 2000 and twenties, the term Fake News became a watchword both in political contests and of all...
Doug Weiss
Jun 23, 20243 min read
Research
Artificial Intelligence, and in particular, ChatGPT, have been the subject of considerable attention and some consternation over the past...
Doug Weiss
Jun 16, 20244 min read
Paying Attention
I recently offered to do some software testing and part of the preparation included taking a test to determine if I had the requisite...
Doug Weiss
Jun 9, 20244 min read
Meandering
Some of you may know that author of Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit, JRR Tolkein, was by profession a philologist. What's a...
Doug Weiss
Jun 2, 20243 min read
Mission Statement
During my years consulting for non-profit organizations, I found that efforts to frame a Vision and a Mission statement were a frequent...
Doug Weiss
May 26, 20243 min read
Dr. Strangelove
Many of us can recall the iconic movie, Dr. Stangelove, a legacy of the age of Atomic anxiety at the height of the Cold War in the...
Doug Weiss
May 19, 20243 min read
Choosing Beggars
One of the only social media sites I frequent has a thread entitled Choosing Beggars. The gist of what gets posted there are stories...
Doug Weiss
May 12, 20244 min read
Disintermediation
Among many new words in our vocabularies since the advent of the Internet, disintermediation may be one of the most understated to emerge...
Doug Weiss
May 5, 20245 min read
Compost
Confession, I knew the title would get your attention, but the actual topic of this post is about a subject most folks don't want to read...
Doug Weiss
Apr 28, 20243 min read
Life and Death
I have written before on the subject of consciousness and new theories about what it means to be conscious. The other day I spent a few...
Doug Weiss
Apr 21, 20243 min read
Toxicity
Undoubtedly, you’ve heard the phrase Toxic Masculinity, but toxicity isn’t limited to the male gender. I’ve titled this post ‘toxicity’...
Doug Weiss
Apr 14, 20244 min read
America doesn't need to be saved
Hear me out. We have our share of challenges as we always have. America was born out of challenges and with very few exceptions we’ve...
Doug Weiss
Apr 7, 20243 min read
Manipulation
One of the earliest lessons we learn in life is the art of manipulation, even my grand dog knows how to practice it. On early mornings...
Doug Weiss
Mar 31, 20244 min read
A Ripe Old Age
I am at the point in life where I am more conscious of the decisions I make, as well as those I made in the past regarding my potential...
Doug Weiss
Mar 24, 20246 min read
The Right Thing
Life is constantly presenting us with choices, sometimes benign ones which require no moral struggle but other times weighty and...
Doug Weiss
Mar 17, 20245 min read
Peace Out
A recent post on a social media site expressed sadness at the decline of the hippie generation. Remember Woodstock, Haight Ashbury,...
Doug Weiss
Mar 10, 20244 min read
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