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Praise be to you! Pope Francis died this morning. The news media are saturated with material and that material is being augmented and updated so rapidly that there is no need to offer a single link or two here. Much … Continue reading →

The previous post revisited resilience to hazards and hazards recovery, LOTRW topics covered multiple times over past years. That reflection prompted a thoughtful comment from John Plodinec, who offered a range of reasons why FEMA needs a rethink, and a … Continue reading →

Hmm. Why does the question seem familiar? Oh yes! The same idea is enshrined in NATO treaty article 5: The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered … Continue reading →

In 1999, D. Allan Bromley, a former science advisor to President George Herbert Walker Bush, wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post by this title. He opened in this vein: America is on a roll. We’re balancing the federal budget, … Continue reading →

Tell me something I don’t know, Bill. Most of us consider this is something we’ve always known – innately, or learned at home or elementary school. But I remember a refresher in this, as an adult, more than a half-century … Continue reading →

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” – generally attributed to Abraham Lincoln In his 1989 management classic, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey emphasizes three … Continue reading →

E pluribus unum (out of many, one) For years, the unofficial motto of the United States[1]. …Our differences are our glory, and we need to examine what it would look like to really celebrate them—to face them boldly, and respond … Continue reading →

If I were to summarize in one sentence the single most important principle I have learned in the field of interpersonal relations, it would be this: Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” –  Stephen R. Covey Years ago, … Continue reading →

“No man is an island…, entire of itself; …any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.” – John Donne (1624) Effectiveness cannot … Continue reading →

Let’s review. Are you living on the real world? Do you want to make that life – your life – effective? Do you want your life to matter? If so, Stephen Covey advises, you’ll be proactive. You’ll see the world … Continue reading →