I just reread John Bargh's book, Before You Know It (2017). The book focuses on research about what is happening behind the scenes in...

In a conversation with my friend, Raghu Ananthanaryanan, he mentioned that he listens to others as though his life depends on it. At the...

What am I really doing? I have a friend in India who has been involved in Yogic coaching for more than two decades. In a conversation one...

In reviewing this blog entry, I was once again reminded that I write very academically. Having been in academia for over 30 years, trying...

I haven't posted anything for nearly three months. There was such craziness on so many fronts that I just sat back to watch for a while....

As I read the New York Times this morning, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse came to mind. I haven’t read anything about those guys for...

Prior to eight months ago, most of us had daily lives that involved other people. We didn't always recognize it, but it was there. People...

The election for the next president of the United States is just around the corner. It seems nearly impossible to ignore the cynicism...

Although the 2020 U.S. presidential election shares center stage with the Covid-19 virus, the problem is bigger than that. We are stuck,...

I was reminded of it the actor-observer bias this morning as I read a New York Times article about how the two major American political...

The American culture is one of individualism. We celebrate the thought that anyone can rise to the top...with enough gumption. We...

Many of us might describe the image associated with today's post as "complex." I would describe it as "complicated." Complex things have...

Life these days seems to drag on with little relief in sight. Some aspects of the Covid-19 virus situation seem to be leveling off...in...

In a New York Times editorial today, Neil Irwin commented that surprising ripple effects we see as result of this current Covid-19 crisis...

The sheltering-in-place order has been in effect for about 3 weeks now in California. Although we are free to go outside our houses, take...

We are in the midst of very challenging times. We are used to hearing about some natural disaster somewhere other than where we live. We...

As a nation, and as a world, we have never seen times like these with the Covid-19 virus. Everyone is sheltering in place. The grocery...