Monday morning quarterbacks are already criticizing the way the American government has exposed thousands of Afghan interpreters and other allies to Taliban reprisals. I join this chorus by looking at the decision-making processes that led to the current chaos in Afghanistan. To choose well, we must attend to judgments in three categories of thought: Facts
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Less Anger, More Kindness
Mike Palmer · Less Anger, More Kindness 2021 – 08 – 02 The world needs less anger and meanness. It needs more kindness, compassion, and good manners. We seem to have worked ourselves into a state of continuous political and social rage. News outlets fuel our negative emotions by feeding us stories about some bad
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On the importance of speaking up when we see or hear something wrong. © 2021 Michael Palmer PDF copy of this post. (This is an excerpt from Don’t Blame the Cops, a book in progress.) On his first night as a police officer at the 77th Los Angeles Precinct in the early 60’s , Frank M.
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