Make a Decision! Bill’s Guide to Better Decisions

Sometimes We Make Decisions More Difficult Than They Need Be I am always interested in how people make decisions. Not so much the decisions themselves, but how they prepare themselves mentally. What processes they use to come to a decision. It is often a tortuous and cumbersome thing to behold …
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I Would Like to Have Your Eulogy Now, Please

Let’s Stop Saying “I never knew that!” About Someone We Just Lost I do not wish to dampen anyone’s holiday spirits today but know that we are about to reflect on the loss of those close to us. But take heart! This is actually an upbeat discussion. You will like …
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Tipping Points: Science, Surprise, and Power

There is a phenomenon in both the physical sciences and in human interaction known as the tipping point. In common language, such a thing may be referred to as “the straw that broke the camel’s back,” a “point of no return,” or “the last straw.” That such things exist, in …
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In Praise of Preparation

A Plea for Getting it Right the First Time Four Tales of Woe I have had occasion over the last few days to attend two ceremonies and two meetings. Two involved ceremonial candle lightings. One required mounting a plaque The fourth entailed showing slides from a computer. Four very different …
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And a Lump of Coal for You, Voter!

Republicans in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Elsewhere Have Shown What They Think of Voters Most of us have heard that in Michigan and Wisconsin lame duck sessions are doing evil work. They are building poison pills for the November elections. Let’s be clear about what is going on, what’s the history, …
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Russia and China Smell Weakness. This Will Not End Well.

Key points in our history that came upon us this week – and looming conflict. Before reviewing armed conflict, a few notes on the news of recent days. Michael Cohen– In the future we will look back on last week as key. We will note this was when fate began …
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