Think of these 9 New Year's resolutions as contributions toward mental wealth. I know resolutions are supposed to be concrete and associated with specific goals, but today I'd like to present some holistic resolutions that have the potential to cause a shift in everyday mentality, habits and lifestyle choices. [...]
Police in Texas may now obtain a search warrant based on "a prediction of a future crime," according to a dissenting judge on the state's criminal appeals court. The ruling by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals came last week, ending a controversial case in which police searched a house before obtaining a warrant but were still able to present the confiscated evidence during a trial. [...]
Pope Francis says trickle-down economics do not help the poor, in a wide-ranging interview with Italian daily La Stampa. Pope Francis has rejected accusations from rightwing Americans that his teaching is Marxist, defending his criticisms of the capitalist system and urging more attention be given to the poor in a wide-ranging interview published today. [...]
Recent survey shows inequality in the US is at its new peak. The richest 1 percent of the population received almost a fifth of the national householdsâ income in 2012, thus breaking the previous record set in 1928. [...]
There will be no children in my future. Ever. Yes, I am married. Yes, my husband knows that I do not want children. Yes, we both realize we're extremely fortunate to be able to elect to live child-free. He doesn’t want kids either. It’s part of the reason I married him. (That, and he has excellent hair.) He married me knowing that and also because I always clean the litter box. [...]
"What Has America Become" was the title of a letter to the editor written by Ken Huber of Tawas City, Michigan. It contains a series of comparisons and contrasts which causes one to think about the double-standards and conditions under which we now live here in America. Sadly America is in decline. [...]
Why assumptions are the the mother of all fuckups!
Leadership quicksand looks like solid ground that can confidently and competently be stomped on, but it’s not.
In fact, it’s not like it seems at all. When leaders walk head held high, chest puffed out, all knowing with ego leading the way, that’s the surest way to sink in deep.
Leaders often make assumptions in four areas that have [...]
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