Communication Gone Wrong May's blog was courtesy of AI. This month's blog is me doing my best to construct a narrative that will interest you. I was having a hard time finding the right approach--until the story of an unexpected phone call gave me the seed I needed: the complexity and challenge of communication. The 21st century has amplified the frequency and intensity of our encounters. We are inundated with information and misinformation, texting has replaced conversation,

Dear reader, As an experiment, I decided to turn to AI for this month's blog. Why? Curiosity and feeling that I didn't have the time to research and write it. I write to learn, and it is never an easy exercise. What follows is a blog written by the profoundly amazing world of AI -- I added the AI-generated images. Content links are interspersed throughout the copy, and citations are provided at the end. "As we move through 2025, the political landscape in many democracies, pa

I've made a few attempts to go on a "media diet" but I keep taking the bait and getting sucked back in. I need to find out whether I should prepare for the coming Apocalypse or plant a garden in Spring. I gravitate to media sources that, IMO, offer a more balanced analysis and presentation of the facts. Occasionally, I will peek over the media fence to find out what's being ground out by the "other side's" sausage machine. It's never a life-affirming experience, and so I with

I want to believe that I am a reasonably well-informed voter. However, I think that I am fooling myself: