Among Donald Trump’s arsenal of primitive psychological defenses, two seems to stand tall above the others:  projection and denial.  Lost an election?  Just claim that you actually won and that the Democrats stole it from you.  Although he’s not running in 2026 (or hopefully, for that matter, ever again), he’s been projecting his fears that...Read More

I’ve been corresponding over the years with a young man Djarudi Habimana from Rwanda. He got in touch with me through LinkedIn, and at that time needed funds to sell chickens and vegetables to help his widowed mother. Since that time, he’s really blossomed, creating a charity organization called Benevolence is Love, which supports children...Read More

When I was a special education teacher back in the 1970’s and 1980’s, I used to compose songs for my students and sing them accompanied by guitar.  One child’s parents were going through a divorce, so I wrote a song called ”Mommy and Daddy Are Separating,” I noticed how much my 3rd to 5th grade...Read More

This is an article I wrote for “Arts of Thought,” a website which shares articles from many different perspectives covering topics like the collective unconscious, self-help skills, philosophical wisdom, and spiritual development.  I’ve written two other pieces for them, Neoteny: The Art of Being Young at Heart, and ‘‘The Spiritual Odyssey: New Theories of Developmental...Read More

On the very day that he was inaugurated, January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ”Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid,” that effectively cut billions of dollars of aid that had been earmarked for international humanitarian efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, malnutrition, and other afflictions around the world.  The order cut...Read More