A new week is before us throughout our properties. As part of our commitment to bring all voices to bear here, we hereby present this courtesy of Robert Reich what he deems the "Real American Story" about all those ordinary faces who have truly helped to shape the conversation about our World:
3/12/2019
3/06/2019
Notations From the Grid (Special Mid-Week Edition): @TED Feature
PLAYLIST OF THE WEEK
TED deep cuts, vol. 3
Sometimes, good things get a little buried in our archive of 3,000+ TED Talks. Check out some great ones, unearthed for your viewing pleasure. Watch »3/02/2019
As A New Month is Before Us...
Please Enjoy as we urge all to "unplug" this week-end!!
We look forward to being of continued service...
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2/26/2019
As Our Month Draws to A Close....
Please Enjoy these "Food For Thought"
Onward to March with all its' possibilities:
2/23/2019
Notations From the Grid (W-End Edition): E M E L - Naci en Palestina
Please Enjoy as we leave you w/this "Thought 4 the Week-End"
No matter what your profession is, there are things you can say that will cost you. Speaking up against somebody’s pet project can get an officer passed over for promotion. Voicing a certain political viewpoint can cost you fans or endorsements. Challenging the status quo can bring a hail of critics and haters.
And in those situations, what should we do? The answer to the Stoic is pretty simple: Speak the truth. Yes, howls may follow. Recriminations can as well. And? And what?
Nassim Taleb’s rule of thumb is worth remembering always: If you see fraud and do not say ‘fraud,’ you are a fraud. But that’s worth broadening a bit:
If you know the truth and decline to speak the truth, you are not living truthfully.
There are some exceptions to this rule, of course. Seneca speaks of a man whose son was executed by the emperor and then forced to dine with the tyrant after. The emperor was goading the obviously pained father to acknowledge who was the source of that pain (he wanted to see the pain he had caused, he wanted to feel his dominance over him) and yet the man never broke—because he had another son. OK, that’s a good excuse. But these other petty self-protections? Nope.
If you know the truth, speak it. If you believe in a truth, live it. Even if it costs you. Even if it’s a pain in the ass. Because to do otherwise is to lie. To do otherwise is to be a coward. To do otherwise is to allow darkness to put out the light.
The truth matters. Prove it. Be the light.
2/22/2019
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