I’m sick of intelligencism. That’s what I’m calling bias against intelligent people. I’m tired of intelligent people being negated, mocked, or characterized as clowns. The bias is so overwhelming I can’t ignore it. Here’s where it gets ugly. The following societal practices perpetuate bias against intelligent people: The Education System…

Two Questions You Need to Answer to Find a Best Friend I’ve been thinking. I need a new best friend. Before you lay on the guilt trip and question the depth of my marriage, yes, my husband is my intimate partner. He is my other half. My soulmate. Sure. …

Time for a road trip! Time to travel! Tom Hanks and the film, Big, made famous the floor piano played with your feet. And I found musical staircases, like the one in Boston’s Museum of Science, more fun that I liked to admit. My children and I would spend several…

My mother, Marjorie, is just about the most talented interior designer in this city. I discovered this when we got a big-screen television. We had never been able to afford things like that before. Since then, her success never fails to impress me. My mother earns in a quarter what…

Good and bad evidence “I’m doing my speech on ocean pollution,” the only student in the front row offered. I think his name is James. He’s always raising his hand. Sometimes his enthusiasm is a relief when the rest of the room is crickets. “Great! What’s your proposition?” “Um, that…

Part 3 of 5 in the series In the previous article in this series, we asked: So what if we manipulate images? In this article, we answer that question and demonstrate how harmful image manipulation can be to our society, our psyche, and our democracy. Yes, our democracy. …

Master communication through nonverbal coding The guy in the header photo is my dad. He was a master at expressing emotion with a glance. Here, you see his “angry” stare. I had him pose for several of these facial expression photos for my book, No Words. …

Eschewing Perfectionism & Seeking Brilliance For many years, I mourned my unrealized life as a world-renowned painter. Until the age of twelve, I drew and painted almost every day. I filled my imagination with fantasies of posh galleries, television interviews and billion dollar sales. As I recall, I told myself…

Why and how color is a powerful symbol Have you ever considered that color is symbolic? You probably have not considered how powerful color is. You know different colors affect you emotionally, psychologically, and physiologically. But perhaps you do not know how color is vital to communication. Have you explored…