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How not to deal with crises

How not to deal with crises Rodney Coates                   The Public Institutions across the State are dealing with various sets of crises.  These crises - stemming from the housing meltdown, national and global recession, and the dismal State budget shortfall – will require a tremendously adroit, creative, and mature response.  There are multiple strategies for dealing with crises.  One may choose to gather data, discern the nature of the crises, and explore how others have or are dealing with the crisis.  Others may choose to think outside the box, investigate new avenues, and chart alternative courses.  Regardless of which approach is ultimately decided, clearly choices must be made and change must be accomplished.  Failure to decide or the failure to identify effective change strategies increases the likelihood that the entity, institution, or organization will not survive...

Freedom Center Talk: CRT and The Search for truth

  To date, over one million Ukrainians and Russians have been killed and wounded in what can only be called the egomaniacal desires of an autocrat.   As a paranoid dictator, Vladimir Putin joins not only his predecessor, Joseph Stalin, but a host of others, including Hitler, Idi Amin, Papa Doc, and Ferdinand Markos.    Like these other dictators, Putin has no concern for what happens when he leaves the scene, frankly he could give a damn.   Putin exhibits a nihilistic indifference to the consequences of his actions.   The truth is that this war will serve no political, economic, or sane reasons except to inflate Putin’s ego.   These same Truths are part and parcel of the history and reality of racial imperialism across time, space and reality.   But concentrating on this version of the truth only distorts reality.   The other aspect of truth comes from those often marginalized, objectified, vilified, and dismissed in official historical accou...