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Reinventing How We Select Our Poltiical Leaders

I've seen more sadness and anger about the current presidential campaign than any in my lifetime. 

Of course, much of it is centered around Donald Trump: How could such a person be the leading GOP candidate? 

At least in part, it's testimony to the system, in which money and bombast trump (pardon the expression) competence to do the job.

It is my own growing unhappiness with the system that motivated me to, here, update my WashingtonPost.com article on how to reinvent the way we select our political leaders.  The updated version was just published on PsychologyToday.com.

Productivity versus Pleasure

Before a First Kiss

In an attempt to avoid the pontification and aridity of the how-to article, I've recently been embedding psychological and other how-to-do-life issues in a short-short story.

Today's offering takes us into the mind of Sherry deciding whether to kiss Scott.

U..S. Spends #1 in World on Education Yet Scores Low. Why?

A Young Adult Who Has Failed to Launch

[image error] In my PsychologyToday.com article today, I post the transcript of a part of a career counseling session I had with a young man who graduated from college two years ago and doesn't feel ready to launch a career.

Status, Prestige, Image...Silly

The Rapist: A short-short story about a psychotherapist's dilemma

In my PsychologyToday.com articles, I've recently been embedding psychological and ethical issues within a short-short story. 

Today's offering tells of a psychotherapist with a dilemma.

Many People DID Die Wishing They Spent More Time at the Office

"A Wretch Like Me:" How Much Fallibility Should We Accept?

In my PsychologyToday.com contribution today, I offer a short-short story that explores the question of how much fallibility we should accept in a stranger? In a spouse?

Why Bosses Resist Giving Feedback