Today’s podcast takes up the underlying reasons why there are so few women drummers working on Broadway musicals. I spoke to two amazing drummers, Dena Tauriello and Rosa Avila, to find out why they were the only two women drummers working on Broadway and off-broadway prior to the shutdown of all shows last year. Listen…
Read moreI read about this video in another newsletter. I found it intriguing once I saw it. I’m sure the reason I was drawn to it was that I was never really a follower. I always seemed to find my way in life. I know from my life experience, I wasn’t the best leader of people…
Read more“Lockdowns just have one consequence that you must never ever belittle, and that is making poor people an awful lot poorer.” “We in the World Health Organization do not advocate lockdowns as the primary means of control of this virus.” “The only time we believe a lockdown is justified is to buy you time…
Read moreI discovered the Socratic method many years ago and found it fascinating. When you start asking people questions and digging deeper into what people are feeling and thinking, they tend to either feel cornered or threatened – or realize what they were thinking didn’t make sense after all. With this newsletter, I‘ll share some of…
Read moreSince the beginning of March I’ve been collecting my thoughts and observations and publishing them in a newsletter entitled Think Things Through. I discovered the Socratic method many years ago and found it fascinating. When you start asking people questions, and digging deeper into what people are really feeling and thinking, they tend to either…
Read moreFrom my daily Newsletter – Think Things Through I swear, someone wrote a musical based on not paying rent in the 90’s, didn’t they? There is a growing movement in several states that has been brewing on social media. A hashtag #CancelRent has sprouted and there have been online video rallies, and a few…
Read moreFrom my daily Newsletter – Think Things Through Victor David Hanson. I just found out about him recently. He is quite a though provoker. Here is an excerpt from his recent writing: From National Review Chemotherapy It’s a race to identify the origins, nature, and danger of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the best way…
Read moreI see many posts on social media claiming that we need to pray. Pray to heal the sick and pray to God because he is in control. I often reflect upon how this God is in control? In what way? If God is in control, why would this God allow the coronavirus to spread so…
Read moreWithout joint custody, children are the biggest losers Why must kids miss out on certain family relationships when parents separate? It’s cruel for children, who love both parents, to suddenly lose access to everything they once knew when their parents no longer want to live together. Does a child’s love and need for both parents…
Read moreI have been listening to the Making Sense podcast for quite some time. There was one podcast episode where his guest Yasmine Mohammed referred to one of Sam’s TED talks. You can listen to the podcast episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-sense-with-sam-harris/id733163012?i=1000456500912 I looked deeper into a few things they discussed, and decided to go back and listen to what…
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