Archive for July, 2010

The Charismatic Leader

Friday, July 30th, 2010

I had an interesting conversation yesterday with two intelligent female professionals in a business consulting firm in town who had come over to chat with me a little bit about a particular company who had retained them to put together a detailed strategic plan which involves a potential offer to investors. In the context of [...]

The Principled Libertarian

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

I remember, back in 1980, being enamored by Libertarian philosophy. It had ideological clarity and a pristine point of view. So, with a young group of ideological Mensans, I headed to the Libertarian National Convention, the objective of which was to nominate a Presidential candidate to actually run for office. The convention was held in Denver, Colorado, [...]

James Lipton’s Actor Studio Interviews: If only I could be there!

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Tell the truth! How many of you have not secretly wanted to be on The Actor’s Studio, answering those famous questions James Lipton presents, with fanfare, a certain level of humility, and an appropriate attribution to the source? • What is your favorite word? • What is your least favorite word? • What turns you on? • What [...]

God’s Fingerprint

Monday, July 12th, 2010

To the extent our fingerprint is a manifestation of our individual identity, so too can we think of the the universe as God’s fingerprint.  The universe is the fingerprint of who God is and how God manifests: in science, in math, in art, in music, in language, in human evolution, and in all their components and derivations. [...]

A Recollection of my Nonna by Jordan Pino

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

A Few Introductory Comments Jordan, just out of the 9th grade, is in a summer composition program at Lake Highland.  He was asked, as his opening assignment, to write an essay on a topic which affected him personally. He wrote it, and after it was finished, he asked me if I would read it. I [...]