Life

What It Means to (Really) Be on the Side of Civilization and Democracy — You can see, right about now, that so many of our societies are struggling. Mightily. From Italy to Sweden to Britain — very few are in rude health. Beset by fascism, nationalism, xenophobia, people scraping for survival, demagogues pointing the finger at scapegoats. …

America’s Silent Majority Woke Up and Roared: We Won’t Go Backwards Anymore — There’s been exactly one good thing that happened this miserable, eerie, dystopian decade: America came back to life. Also, I got a dog. But that’s more about me, I suppose. It’s a remarkable thing — and while I’ve discussed it comparatively recently, next to a world slinking backwards in fascism’s…

A warning. — I couldn’t have asked for a better boss. Every day was sunny. She had a magnetic smile. I bragged to my friends about how cool she was. We got along and I thought things were going great. We sat down for my annual review. I was expecting great marks and…

The invading Nazis in WWII found out the hard way, now its Russia’s turn: Summer uniforms are useless against snow — Ninja-like, it creeps up on them shortly after the sun sets beyond the tops of the snow-covered trees turning the expansive horizon into an orange-topped table. Feeling it more deeply than they did during the day, the civilians-turned-soldiers jump into the quickly-dug holes in the hard earth.

Transition, like recovery, depends on the little things — Are you ready to take twelve essential steps to your transition? 12-step programs saved my life, and each night, they return me to sanity. Who knew they could also help me complete my transition? My most dangerous drug I don’t drink, and I’m an atheist, so my first sponsor had to adapt the program in a few ways. …

Let me debunk this myth with data and facts — not emotion, outrage and clickbait — Elon Musk is either your man crush or your worst nightmare. As soon as he took over Twitter it became clear his ownership of the little birdy app would divide people. I sit in the middle. I admire him for what he’s done with SpaceX and Tesla. Yet I dislike…

I was one of them — Social media has become infected with the big tech virus. On platforms like LinkedIn and TikTok there are these painful “day in the life of” videos. The people who post these videos present this weird-ass view of their workday. It’s like watching that old tv show “LOST” where everyone is…

When I say writing has changed my life, most people think I’m exaggerating or being too romantic. But I’m not. Over the last five years, I’ve practiced various forms of writing: I self-published a book Wrote over 550 articles on Medium I’ve been journaling daily And have sent 672 newsletters…

Some of these might shock you. Others are obvious. — As someone who’s been at the top and bottom echelons of society, it’s safe to say I hear a lot of people’s confessions. I also see a lot of things most people don’t — or at least, that’s what seems to be the case. I’ve met people worth tens of…