Problem-solving can limit our ability to see the larger picture and the possibilities that a difficult experience may give rise to.
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False Memory Syndrome is False (and How to Grow a Tale)
We are often reminded that we can’t change the past. But we can change the stories we carry around with us about our past.
Read More »Dark History: Mexico’s Drug Cartels – Part 4
The wars between the Mexican drug cartels have continued into the second decade of the 21st century.
Read More »Prisons Within Prisons: An Interview with Prison Law Expert Christopher Zoukis
In most federal prisons, there is a building designated the Special Housing Unit. This can be thought of as a prison within a prison.
Read More »Discovering Shovel Talk – Old Fashioned Social Networking
You cannot shovel with your cell phone in one hand. That is impossible. You can, however, hold a conversation with your neighbor .
Read More »Dark History: Mexico’s Drug Cartels – Part 3
Mexico seemed to be what was called a failed state. The government had lost control of its country.
Read More »Smarter Sentencing Act Passes Senate Judicial Committee
The bill is the product of an uncommon alliance of senators who don't often agree on much.
Read More »How To Be Properly Outraged (Thank You, Pete Seeger)
Sing or write out your outrage as Pete Seeger and Jon Krakauer did. In this high-tech world, we may “unlike” or block someone on Facebook or Twitter as enough of a statement. It isn’t.
Read More »“Never Again” in an Age of Indifference: In Remembrance of the Six Million
Yom Hashoah is about remembering the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, but its commemoration means so much more.
Read More »The Childfree Holiday Letter
Another highlight of the summer was when Gary's niece visited and we took her to see Wicked on Broadway. She's ten, or thirteen, or something.
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