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Educating for Sanity: The Nation of Immigration
So much discussion, attention, and emotion…. Immigration talk has flooded our media sources, emerging as an American campaign issue in 2016 and again in 2024. Let’s move beyond the rhetoric and attempt to understand the topic more deeply, starting with basic definitions. An immigrant is someone who moves permanently to live and work in a…
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Educating for Sanity: Information Warfare
Since the history of warfare began, military’s have sought to gain advantage over their opponents. This has been done through both physical and psychological attack. With the advent of the internet, opportunities for attack are infinite. Physically attacks (known as cyberattacks) can cripple a business or industry. But information wars are designed to destroy the…
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Educating for Sanity: Executive Order
The last few weeks have seen a flurry of executive orders. As the national debate rages about the appropriateness of the orders, it is important to understand what an executive order is and its limitations. Executive orders are directives issued by the President to manage the federal government in its enforcement of laws. They derive…
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Education for Sanity: What is DEI?
You can’t turn on the news lately without someone saying DEI. Unfortunately, it is often used without context or even completely out of context. This leaves both those who have had a lot of training and experience in the field as well as those who haven’t had any scratching their heads in confusion. Let’s unpack…
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Educating for Sanity: Epistemology
Ever wonder how two people can look at the same issue, the same facts (transcript, video tape, testimony, etc.) or have the same exact experience and come away with completely different views about what happened? For centuries, humans have been wrestling with the question, “how can we really know anything.” As a freshman college student…
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Educating for Sanity: Empathy
It has been a hard ten days. The turmoil in this country, the barrage of executive orders, the anger and accusation is exhausting. To be clear, I reject bigotry of all forms. I am saddened by the targeted attacks on public servants and the incivility on display by government officials. Most of all, I am…
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It Is Messy Sometimes
Today, while waiting for a Dr.’s appointment, I saw a funeral notice and tribute for a former professor/ church leader. As I saw the texts of support and accolades, I was instead taken back to a major life lesson he delivered. I was a freshman in college and enrolled in a psychology with professor “b”.…
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“Ice”olated
I am in the post- Christmas doldrums. It happens every year. I get all excited in the build up to the holidays. Family fun and endless games, fill the house with laughter. Trees and decorations light up the rooms with colorful sparkle. And then, everyone goes home and the decorations come down. The January sky…
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Another Christmas….
I am up early this morning. Another Christmas when I can’t sleep. Waiting in the glow of Christmas tree lights, I give thanks for the family sleeping under my roof this morning. Another Christmas Eve is in the books. Everyone gathered and all the cars in the driveway, I finally relax. My version is to…
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