The 5% Rule

The 5% Rule: No matter how kind, warm, thoughtful, amazing, cheerful, consistent, and perfect I treated people roughly 5% of them would just be terrible (yes, I have the numbers to back this). I’m not talking about people who were having a bad day or people who...

The 2022 Mid-terms

My prediction of Democratic underperformance was utterly wrong. Yes, the Democrats are likely to lose the House and perhaps the Senate, but the margin of GOP success was so limited as to make these results a defacto win. The GOP had hopes of a 30-40 seat pick-up;...

Defunding the police benefits criminals

My contention continues to be that “Defund the Police” was a disastrous movement for the very people they intended to help. Without the support of the community, no one wants to be a police officer. Who wants to do a dangerous job and be reviled for it?...