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PopCap: “Teach Your Children Well”
“Which Movie Studios Will Cause the Most Youth to Start Smoking This Summer?” How do we, as a society, teach acceptable social norms? What collective…
June 5, 2009
The Pitfalls of Unbounded, Undisciplined Compassion
Often as a nation and as a community, we are unwilling to face the need to eat our spinach, to make REAL changes and, yes,…
June 2, 2009
PopCap: “From Its Poorest Citizen”
(A Populist Capitalist Blog) At its best, being an elected official is a calling, a response to a sense of duty. There is an acute…
May 15, 2009
Four Human Needs
– Love and belonging: Have people in our lives we care about and who care about us – Power and recognition: Respect of our peers,…
May 13, 2009
PopCap: Excusitis
(A Populist Capitalist Blog) Excusitis is the unwillingness to accept responsibility for our actions and their consequences, either individually (the dog ate my homework, I…
May 8, 2009
PopCap: Good Samaritan?
(A Populist Capitalist Blog) A New York City judge ruled March 31, 2009, that city subway employees have no duty to assist passengers being raped.…
April 17, 2009
The Encourage vs. Correct Continuum
My father was an engineer. I was taught early in life that if something broke, we were to take it apart, break it down into…
April 7, 2009
Triple Win: Beating Obesity, Traffic, AND Global Warming?
What if I presented a plan to you that could fight obesity, increase physical fitness, reduce traffic congestion, AND combat global warming? All at once?…
April 1, 2009
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Stop the presses: Zoning is the answer to childhood obesity! “Ninth graders whose schools are within a block of a fast-food outlet are more likely…
March 30, 2009
PopCap: 5% Truth, 95% BS
(A Populist Capitalist Blog) We can always find ways to justify the junket we want to take, the perk of which we are most fond.…
March 27, 2009
It’s RESULTS That Count
A recent New York Times article (see below) dealt with college students’ expectations that they should be rewarded with grades based upon their effort, rather…
March 12, 2009