High School Football Player Attacked Referee
You read that right. High school football player attacked a referee. Fights occasionally happen in football games. But at the high school level, discipline is the number one lesson. So…
Folks shift their basic principles to avoid the pain of cognitive dissonance.
Moving the Goal Posts: Cognitive Dissonance and Preferences In cognitive dissonance theory, people experience mental discomfort when acting or espousing views conflicting with starting preferences. To minimize or avoid pain…
How to Become “Lucky” in Your Career and Life
The “Happenstance” approach to life can help. KEY POINTS COVID has created the era of The Great Discontent, but there are no guidelines on how to best cope. A great…
LSU has an African American President
LSU has an African American president. His appointment was historic and significant. He is a mold breaker. In a conservative state in the deep south, his selection was cause for…
Help Your Kids With School Work, Personal Skills & More
by As they develop, it’s important to evolve with them. Help your kids develop. Children ages of 12 through 14 can be considered young teens. As shocking as that sounds,…
Stay True to Yourself in Your Relationships
If we can’t be ourselves in our relationships, we’re not really compatible. KEY POINTS Personal authenticity starts with accepting oneself, including one’s sexuality and needs, as they are. Giving up…
Sheriff Susan Hutson Has Rocky Start
Sheriff Susan Hutson’s start as sheriff is rocky. Prisoner deaths, a staffing shortage, closing criminal court, numerous stabbings, and a three-day prisoner rebellion define the first 100 days. So far,…
Get Rid of the NOPD Consent Decree?
If the consent decree is lifted will the NOPD go back to the villainous brutalizing ways? Here’s the problem with lifting a consent decree. We don’t really know what happens…
Creating More Home Ownership in New Orleans
Home ownership is the key to New Orleans’s problems. Homeowners have better lives. Homeowners create generational wealth. Also, homeowners commit fewer crimes. Plus, homeowners create stable neighborhoods. And stable neighborhoods…
Best Trumpet Players in New Orleans History
New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz. And some of the greatest jazz musicians of all time come from the city. Trumpet is the signature jazz horn. Below is our…