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• We need more Elizabeth Warrens

  By PiedType on September 23, 2016 • ( 12 )

  

  On September 20, before the Senate Banking Committee, Sen. Elizabeth Warren ripped Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf to shreds (over the opening of as many as 2 million unauthorized accounts). And it was a thing of beauty. Absolutely, CEOs should… Read More ›

• As I’ve been saying …

  By PiedType on September 23, 2016 • ( 9 )

  

  I firmly believe that without the media’s excessive, shallow, kneejerk coverage that began the day he announced his candidacy, Donald Trump would not be in the race today.

• Denali, sir

  By PiedType on September 21, 2016 • ( 16 )

  

  I’ve seen a lot of photos of Alaska’s Denali, highest mountain in North America. But for some reason this particular photo really caught my attention. Maybe it’s the contrast of the rolling green land in the foreground. It looks like someone… Read More ›

• You can’t always get what you want

  By PiedType on September 19, 2016 • ( 10 )

  

  Let’s all take a deep breath, kick back, and enjoy another great photograph from Estes Park, Colo., photographer Erik Stensland. “Moonlight Surprise” features a gleaming harvest moon rising over Twin Sisters, just south of Estes in Rocky Mountain National Park. The… Read More ›

• Real life doesn’t have trigger warnings

  By PiedType on September 14, 2016 • ( 12 )

  

  Last month there was a furor over a letter to first-year students at the University of Chicago. The letter, from Dean of Students John “Jay” Ellison, PhD, cautioned that the university did not condone “trigger warnings,” “safe spaces,” and other limitations… Read More ›

• Time flies when you’re having fun

  By PiedType on September 14, 2016 • ( 14 )

  

  I was greeted this morning with this announcement. Quite a surprise. Just the other day I told someone I’d been on WordPress about 7 years. (And on other platforms for 4 or 5 years before that.) I really need to get a… Read More ›

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