A satirical meditation in the age of āPerson, Woman, Man, Camera, TVā and Presidential selfāvalidation One year into his second term as President of the United States ā a reality Iām still getting used to writing ā Donald J. Trump continues doing something both baffling and, in its own surreal way, a bit mesmerizing: heContinue reading “THE PRESIDENT WHO WOULDNāT STOP TALKING ABOUT A COGNITIVE TEST”
Tag Archives: psychology
The Most āHonestā President
Thereās something wild about Trump ā not in the usual political sense, but in how honest he is about who he is. And no, I donāt mean honest as in truthful. He lies constantly. He twists facts, exaggerates, and makes up nonsense on the fly. But at the same time, heās brutally, almost frighteningly transparent.Continue reading “The Most āHonestā President”
āJust Becauseā as a Motive of Its Own
When people hear the phrase ājust because,ā they often treat it as a non-answer. It sounds evasive, dismissive, even childishālike when a kid is asked why they did something and responds with nothing more than a shrug. To most of us, ājust becauseā feels like a refusal to engage with the deeper question of why.Continue reading “āJust Becauseā as a Motive of Its Own”
Beyond Motive: When Actions Have No Reason
When something tragic, violent, or shocking happens, we almost instinctively demand an explanation. We look for the motive. We want to know why someone did what they did. Was it political? Ideological? Personal? Was it revenge, hatred, desperation, or some darker drive? Motives, in our minds, make things fit into a story, a narrative weContinue reading “Beyond Motive: When Actions Have No Reason”
The Transformative Power of One Conversation
Itās easy to look at the world and assume that people are fixed in their ways. We see public figures, leaders, or even ordinary individuals making choices that seem entrenched, harmful, or unchangeable. We often conclude that once someone has taken a pathāespecially one that seems morally questionableāthey are beyond influence. Yet, history and humanContinue reading “The Transformative Power of One Conversation”
Ways to address the problem of catfishing
Catfishing is a phenomenon that has been around for about as long as the Internet has been around. What is catfishing? According to cybersmile.org, ā[catfishing] is when someone uses images and information (often taken from other peopleās social media accounts) to create a new identity online ā sometimes using an individualās entire identity as theirContinue reading “Ways to address the problem of catfishing”