We were good back when…not any longer — Several years ago, back during the Obama administration, I got into the habit of tangling with local right-wing nitwits and numbskulls in the comments under various articles in my local paper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer. …

His fellow conservatives are even making John Roberts angry — When Justices go so far right that they anger a Chief Justice who has shown himself to be willing to toss the Constitution aside for partisan purposes, we know things are getting out of hand. What is The “Shadow Docket”? The Court’s use of the “shadow docket” has been controversial. The shadow docket is the…

When the ratings are low, the media go lower — Think back, for a moment, and try to recall the policy advances made by the Republicans during the two years that they controlled all three policy-making branches of the federal government. There was the tax bill. There was a failed effort to repeal the ACA. There was that wall that…

Rural voters cast ballots for Republicans; Republicans don’t return the favor — In the the last election, just over 10,000 voters cast ballots in the presidential race in Dunklin County Missouri. More than 8,000 of those voters cast their ballots for Trump while 2,100 votes were tallied for Joe Biden. …

And Progressives don’t get to go to the sidelines even if it is — Back in the bad old days of the previous administration, I encountered any number of Facebook posts, tweets, and comments under articles along the lines of “I’ve had it…I’m leaving the country.” We’ve all seen them. Some of us might have been guilty of posting such defeatist prose ourselves. I…

It starts with assessing your present Communication culture. — A month (or so) ago, I introduced a series on managing culture change that will provide managers with tactics to effectively work with eight levers of culture to create a culture that provides a strong foundation for sustainable strategic advantage. …

Biden is working to give liberals everything we asked for. So why are we saying he’s a failure? — Take a moment to imagine what the country is like today if Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensburger finds Trump’s 11,000 votes. There are no discussions about why a Democratic Senate can’t pass an infrastructure or a voting rights bill. There are no efforts to get the Senate Parliamentarian to…

Media, pundits, the GOP, and liberals ignored the war. Now they want to criticize its ending. — After all but ignoring the war in Afghanistan, the media, the GOP, and too many liberals are suddenly clutching their pearls and sobbing over the withdrawal from that country. Suddenly, the withdrawal from the war no one cared about or paid attention to is a “very dark period”. The worst…

What a game in which virtual wolves chase virtual sheep can teach us about organizational culture — One of the better articles I’ve read in the past few years on the topic of motivation didn’t have much to do with motivating people. I recommend that you read the article (and, of course, give it some applause and good feedback) but I’ll summarize its main points here. It…