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Nick Hanauer has been called an 'uber-rich' guy, and for good reason. In the time it takes to check out this link, he'll make more than most people do in a year.What makes him interesting enough to read about and watch is the fact that he think he should be taxed more and folks like us should be taxed less.Check him out below (be sure to watch the 6-minute video in the link) because, sadly,...

I was out playing golf the other day and came inside to beat the heat. My father and I had the silly notion that we could walk 18 holes in 90+ degree temperatures. So, when I entered the 19th hole I was a bit woozy. So, when I saw that the station was on Fox News I sat down and listened for awhile. Who knows how much I heard was reality and how much was...

Some of you know my stats: single mom, three amazing boys young men. Heck, I have my own YouTube channel with nothing but videos of their particular accomplishments in the arts, etc. so I'm a rather proud mom.My feelings this week have really run the gamut. I'm always proud of them, happy with them, exhausted because of them (LOL), and scared shitless that something will happen to them. How very mom-like, right? I have reason to...

I suspect many of you had the same reaction I did when Keith Olbermann said before going to commercial that last night would be Countdown's "final edition." What? No way. My first thought was that it must be some kind of gag, or maybe a play on words. The anchor of the highest rated show on the network who is in the middle of a 4-year contract wouldn't just abruptly leave. But it turned out...

By now, I am sure everyone has heard the news about The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I've never been in the business of retelling stories that have already been told. If you want background on this particular story then click on the link above. The simple question is whether books from the past should be altered to become palatable to our modern sensibilities. Reading the story brought me back to funny thing that happened when...

I have taught a lot of workshops over the years, and one of the components that I cover when I deliver a workshop on change management is something called the "Emotional Contagion Theory."In the March 2005 issue of The Journal of Applied Psychology, Richard Saavedra and Thomas Sy at California State University at Long Beach examined the effects of a leader's mood on a group. They took 189 volunteer undergraduates, divided them into 63 groups of...

So the good pastor in Gainesville says he doesn't think their actions will directly provoke any problems in the Middle East for our troops if they have a Koran burning party at their little church.  I find it rather ironic that the name of his church is the Dove World Outreach Center. Doves are typically the symbol of peace, right? World outreach implies that they want to reach out and embrace others, right? It seems...

Thanks to Shortstuff for the inspiration! Unlike many of the talking heads who now appear on various "news" shows, Edward R. Murrow was a journalist with integrity who not only fought for free speech, but for TRUTH in journalism as well. He once said at the RTNDA Convention in Chicago in 1958 to a group of fellow journalists: "It is not necessary to remind you that the fact that your voice is amplified to...

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people to peaceably assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." Our forefathers set up an intricate set of basic rights that could be interpreted any number of ways. Certainly, current events has taught us this. However, I am amazed at...