Politics on The Findings Report

Slacktivism

Sun, 18 Feb 2018 13:57:00 -0800

I debated whether or not to report this week. Like much of the nation, I have been troubled and saddened by Wednesday’s mass shooting in Parkland, Florida that claimed the lives of 14 students and three adults who attempted to save them. I get into a funk every time we re-live this nightmare, and I usually force myself into a social media blackout for a few days because the rhetoric pulls me apart.

System Quo

Tue, 22 Nov 2016 17:53:00 -0800

Two weeks after Americans elected Donald Trump to be their 45th President, many are still wondering how the polls got it so wrong. They question the logic of the outcome. How could a man with the highest negative opinion rating in Presidential history win the ultimate contest? Why did almost half of voters cast a ballot for a candidate who made openly misogynistic and racially divisive statements? How did a billionaire become the hero of the poor?

When Men Decide Together, Compromise Takes a Hike

Sat, 05 Nov 2016 20:39:00 +0000

I’d never heard of a line search. But the ranger looked very serious when he told me I was needed for one. I soon learned it was a necessary rescue technique to find two of my colleagues who were lost in the forrest.

We had been participating in a team-building exercise in Leadville, Colorado (elevation 10,152 feet). The “we” in this story was a cadre of corporate marketing executives gathered together to discuss “the future” and “synergies” and “team-based ROI.” The year was 1998 and I was still too junior to have much of an opinion on any of these topics, but I was thrilled to get an all-expense-paid trip to the Rockies for a fully-sanctioned summer boondoggle.