Four steps toward finding some joy during Covid times
Happy Second Anniversary? Hardly! I hear and see a creeping hopelessness at the upcoming anniversary of efforts to contain Covid-19 and its …
Avoiding Regret
2021 has been deeply disappointing to many people I interact with, not just me. Folks were looking forward to enjoying the collective …
How to Calm Down (even now)
Brain science tells us that our brains do not work well when we are afraid. When we feel threatened, our higher, …
False Comparisons about Cats and Voters
There is a tactic in verbal sparring called “false comparison.” It involves asking a question that contains a lie. If the question …
Flipping the Calendar Year
There is a joke among Jewish people about this time of the year: “New Year’s, that’s so three months ago!” The Jewish …