Category: News, Ethics & Culture

A Quick Guide To Avoiding The Real Fake News In The Media

Everyday we see some form of fake news. Some celebrity said this, some politicians said that. Then you have a whole host of other people saying that it’s not true. How do you know what to believe?

A Snapshot Of The History Of American Propaganda Posters

Propaganda has been utilized by leaders throughout the course of history. Although US propaganda only really came to the fore during the First World War, propaganda has been around since the days of the Ancient Greeks.

Is there a Hidden Hate Message in Jaume Plensa’s Aventura Mall Sculpture?

I had my big camera and lens with me, so I zoomed in and took some close-up photos. What I saw disappointed me. Some of the letters grouped together seemed to spell out a common hateful antisemitic phrase, “Greedy Jew.”

How to stop hate speech after Charlottesville?

How to stop hate speech after Charlottesville? My common sense solution to stop hate speech and prevent what happened in Charlottesville from happening again.

Is Gary Rosenblatt Unethical and The New York Jewish Week Fake News?

Let’s say you were in an acrimonious legal fight with someone, and an article putting a negative light on you appeared in a news outlet… Then you discover your opponent was a writer for this same news outlet…

The King David Award: The Highlight of Jewish Heritage Month in Washington D.C.

The King David Award ceremony was held at the U.S. Capitol on May 3rd. Past honorees have included such luminaries as Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Dr, Henry Kissinger, Rudy Guliani, Kirk Douglas, Steven Speilberg, Alan Dershowitz, and many other industry leaders and philanthropists.

Trump Campaign CEO Receives Hack Job By Press Over Divorce Allegations

It’s time to stop media outlets and internet sites from publishing allegations made in a divorce. People’s lives and reputations are being unfairly destroyed. Mostly this happens to men since it is a time-honored tradition to cast men as villains in divorce.

How Male Bonding Builds Better Business

As a result, I have had a full schedule of high pressure power business meetings. Those who have participated in these kinds of meetings know how they typically go. You meet in some nondescript conference room, shake hands, greet each other, small talk for 30 seconds and get to the business at hand. When the business is done you shake hands and head off on your merry way.

Can the Greatest Dad, Donald Trump, Be a Reckless & Dangerous President?

Is it possible for someone who clearly is such a great dad to actually be dangerous and apocalyptic to this country? I say the answer is absolutely not.

To Err is Human and Sometimes Gorillas Die

It’s every parent’s nightmare. You turn your attention away from your child and something terrible happens. Michelle Gregg and Deonne Dickerson, parents of a 4 year old boy, had one of those dreaded moments this past Memorial Day weekend at the Cincinnati Zoo.

I’m a Man Who Likes Taking Selfies

Over the past few years I have taken hundreds of selfies and posted them all over my social media. The discussion about the narcissistic nature of folks who take selfies has made its way out of the psychiatric community and is now somewhat commonplace. And therefore, I have been called…

The 6-Step Method for Managing Any Ethical Dilemma

Throughout our business and personal lives we are faced with dilemmas that place us in a win-lose. They force us to choose between saving one person’s job while costing another’s; causing one person to lose money while another gains; and hurting one friend while helping the other.

Obama’s Speech on Gun Background Checks Divides

President Obama gave a widely anticipated speech on taking executive action to reduce gun violence. While declaring the validity of the 2nd Amendment, he proposed closing the loopholes in the buying of guns without background checks.

My Message to a Dad Who Taught His Son to Hate

If your son or daughter came to you, enraged at a group of people based on their ethnicities, ideologies, or religious beliefs and you sensed he or she might commit an act of violence – how would you try to calm him or her down?

How Politics as Usual, Enables the Mass Killings

Another week – another mass killing. The alleged murderers, killed 14 and injured 21 people in San Bernardino, California. They burst into a Christmas party at the Inland Regional Center, wearing masks, body armor, semi-automatic pistols, long guns, GoPros and carrying pipe bombs.

How an NFL Tribute Motivated Me to Fight Evil

Thoughts about football quickly left my mind when the game opened up with a tribute and moment of silence to an 18 year old Patriots fan. Ezra Schwartz, who had been shot overseas in another act of terrorism, could be seen on the big screen, smiling ear to ear, in his Patriots jersey.

Blog Power: 6 Days from Submit to Pick-Up Truck

It took 6 days from the time my blog, “Hateful Sculpture in Milwaukee Needs to be Scrapped” posted until Jaume Plensa, a world famous artist, was compelled to remove his Spillover II sculpture.

Anti-Semitic Jaume Plensa Sculpture is Removed

It took 5 days from the time my article, “How I Discovered Hate in Plain Sight on a Popular Sculpture” posted until, Jaume Plensa, had his Spillover II sculpture removed for “repair”. I had observed that there was an ethnic slur, “Cheap Jew” in plain sight, made from letters of the sculpture.

Hateful Sculpture in Milwaukee Needs to be Scrapped

After taking a few shots of the lake and surrounding area, we walked up to the sculpture. Within 30 seconds of looking at the sculpture, I noticed the letters on the northern side of the statute were not random at all. In fact they clearly spell out the following hateful phrases…

Mourning the Loss of Reason in America’s Gun Debate

There is so much hate, distrust, and lack of ingenuity in this gun violence debate with each side saying, “It’s my way or the highway.” Unfortunately politics doesn’t work that way, life doesn’t work that way and problems aren’t solved that way.

crop man firing pistol in shooting range

My 6-Step Solution to End Gun Violence

I despise that innocent men, women, and children are losing their lives to this kind of mass gun violence in theaters, churches and schools. I despise that our second amendment rights are are justly being questioned, as most civilized folk are desperate to stop the cycle of gun crimes.