The madman is the dreamer awake. ~ Freud Biography of Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud (May 6, 1856 – September 23, 1939) was an Austrian neurologist, researcher and writer who is most celebrated as “the Father of Psychoanalysis.” Freud’s early career was his training as a doctor of medicine receiving his medical degree at the University […]
Belief creates the actual fact. Truth is what works. Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is. ~ William James Biography of William James William James (January 11, 1842 – […]
The whole truth about the Reichstag fire will probably never be known. Nearly all those who knew it are now dead, most of them slain by Hitler in the months that followed.~ Historian William Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich The road to Auschwitz was built by hate, but paved with indifference. […]
Telling the truth and making someone cry is better than telling a lie and making someone smile. Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and honor those whom they have slain. ~ Dostoyevsky Biography of Dostoyevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (11 November 1821–9 February 1881), was a Russian novelist, polemicist, philosopher, […]
The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything. ~ Einstein Prologue: GOP, read the damn Constitution! Did you know that the Republicans who since the 2014 midterm elections have had majorities in both Houses in of Congress, yet what policies have they passed, […]
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, light; the other is where she is not, and there is dejection and darkness. ~ Leo Tolstoy –Biography of Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy […]
Art is a lie that tells the truth. I am a Communist and my painting is Communist painting. ~ Picasso Prologue to Picasso: Psychotic or Iconic? On my Facebook page last week I poised a series of perhaps rhetorical questions regarding the Spanish-French painter, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). I asked: “Is Picasso a great artistic genius […]
The first battlefield is to rewrite history. Anyone who know anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included. ~ Karl Marx Biography of Marx Karl Marx (5 May 1818–14 March 1883) was […]
“It’s a very delicate balancing act, because while we tried to make sure that they were protected from the cars and the other things that were going on, we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well.” ~ Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (D) There is another class of coloured people […]
When Machiavelli Comes to Town: The Dangers of Opportunistic Consulting
“It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things.” ~Niccolò Machiavelli. The Prince (1532). “Unencumbered by government oversight, McKinsey is accountable only to its clients, who expect that their vulnerabilities, mistakes, and business strategies—in order words, […]
“The corruption, crime, and incompetence of the D.C. government has been an embarrassment to our nation’s capital for decades. It is long past time that Congress restored the honor and integrity of George Washington to the beautiful city which bears his name.” ~ Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), speaking on the BOWSER Act “It is […]
Fifth Circuit’s Ruling against “Nasdaq Board Diversity Rule” Safeguards Meritocracy Over Mediocrity
“The evidence presented by Nasdaq in its rule proposal, contrary to its claims, does not show that board diversity provides better returns for shareholders.” ~Excerpt from a Manhattan Institute led amicus curiae brief in the case of Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment vs. SEC. “We will terminate every diversity, equity, and inclusion program across the […]
Canterbury and the Tales of America
“We are shaped by what we love.” “For if a priest be foul, on whom we trust, No wonder is a common man should rust.” ~Geoffrey Chaucer Prologue This essay is on the timeless collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury tales in London England during the 14th-15th centuries. I have found that many of […]
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