The Shielding Approach

Featured image by Gary Todd. Follow the link for more of this artist’s work. I generally am skeptical of conspiracy theories. When someone tells me about this thing being connected to some larger group of people that are given near god-like powers, I tend to disbelieve. Real-life tends to be much more boring than the […]

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Why standards matter

Featured image from Know Your Meme. Follow the link for more info. I was poking around on social media as I do seemingly more and more as an observer rather than a poster. Many more of my posts either deal with other, innocuous things, or they link to my blog here. I’ve grown more and […]

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Why integrity matters

Featured image from Prabakaran Thirumalai. Follow the link for more images. What we are seeing is the result of a complete lack of integrity. The politicization of everything Covid related during what is arguably the most contested election in this nation’s history hasn’t helped. A media so focused on driving the narrative, inducing panic, fear, […]

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The Importance of Incentive

Featured Image by Alan Levine. Follow the link for more of their work. Incentive is a powerful motivator. In the simplest sense, it is a reward for desirable behavior. We see this in how we train our pets, how we work, play, and interact with each other. And this can also be seen in our […]

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