Young people have no patience for hateful, divisive politicians….I hope Let me be blunt…some people love to hate others. Sometimes because of their color or gender or sexuality or religion. Expressing hate is part of being free. Our first amendment guarantees it. It’s legal to hate gays, Jews, Muslims, immigrants…

And boy do I miss a couple of things… Humans need socialization, including the kind that leads toward physical romance and pleasure. I’m not immune, but — good gosh almighty — I’ve enjoyed my freedom these past 3 years. Married at 23, married again at 33, and single again at…

The future of our country depends on it… My father and boyhood friend Charles were national debate champions. I admire their ability to use logic, and intelligence, with just the right amount of rhetoric, passion, and wit. I was no debate champ but had a decent ability to use creative…

We’re getting very close… Many working people spend enormous amounts of emotional, psychological, and mental energy figuring out how they can stop working and still eat at least one meal a day. We assured our children that their emotional well-being and happiness should matter more than their careers or jobs…

“We’re not playing your stupid game.” the virtual-schooled, teenager informed me. “Marriages and mortgages are a fate worse than death?” an insightful, lovely, 17-year-old high school sophomore told me, as we randomly chatted while sitting side-by-side at tables inside Starbucks. It had been a while since a stranger offered up…

Some think they’re entitled to perfection…maybe they are. Every now and then I read a ton of profiles on dating apps to see what women are looking for in a man…here’s a synopsis…

My AI writing tool will gladly churn out vanilla, “sugar-high” articles like, “8 Pathways to Happiness,” every few hours, and since it’s all about quantity, I can’t lose Over the past year, Medium has been: a daily friend, euphoric beyond measure, a gut punch, a synthetic high, and an irreplacable…

But we’re only earning 5 times more…the numbers don’t add up The raw numbers: Homes In 1970, the average cost of a home was $17,000. In 2022, the average cost of a home is $348,000. That is 20 times higher than in 1970 (an almost 2000% increase.) Back then, banks would extend mortgages up…

Technology is enabling a ‘shoot first; ask questions later’ dynamic where deep relationships are cut off and destroyed over foolish miscommunication I’m a lover, not a fighter, but geez, this digital warfare were engaging in by ghosting, blocking, and de-platforming anyone who hurts our feelings — even in the slightest…