Early Retirement for Injured Federal Employees
Human behavior reveals much; while we believe we are the cleverest of all species, and persistently engage in self-congratulatory endeavors, including self-esteem courses and passing laws to ensure that we cannot mistreat each other; nevertheless, […]
The reality of this technology-driven world is that miracles are now relegated to excused absences; modern theology has either explained away biblical references to the miraculous, or we attribute the beauty around us as the “miracle of life”, thereby […]
It is sometimes referred to as an unbranded animal, often a calf or yearling; the fact that it is unbranded, implies that it doesn’t belong to a particular stock; ownership is not established; and secondary meanings include an inference of being unorthodox or different. […]
Not every case can be won. Attorneys often like to present a positive face for each case, and should when there are clear merits to the unique set of facts and legal criteria applicable to any particular case; but the fact is, one can read of countless trials in newspapers, […]
One’s orderliness of life is dependent upon the next person; and like the proverbial domino which stands precariously wedged between the one previous and the one subsequent, the universe of stability is dependent upon the static nature of the […]
Expenditures can be extracted in a monetary sense; but one can also expend effort, emotions and cognitive exertion, too. We think too narrowly in terms of financial gain or loss, but in every transaction, there is a cost to be paid in terms of human extraction. […]
Self-flagellation is an activity which we all engage in; for, there is always a discovered virtue in being a depicted character worthy of empathy and kind concern. In movies, television, and in the imaginative creativity stirred in one’s mind through effective novels […]
“Cold” is a word with multiple meanings. It can refer to the temperature of one’s environment; an infectious malady of common origins; or the emotional unresponsiveness of someone. It can even be an adverb delineating the complete knowledge or mastery […]
First impressions are funny animals; while potentially misguided and fraught with errors, they are difficult to shake off because of our natural inclination to form them. Tendencies, on the other hand, are established over time, and tend (sic) to reliably reflect a routine […]
Kubrick’s classic movie involved space and the human challenges of technological interaction with an amoral intelligence of the highest order, within the context of time, space and the future of mankind. But such challenges are met daily by ordinary human beings, in contexts […]