Category Archives: State of the Nation

While I am loath to talk politics, there will be times when I will want to rant, or perhaps more importantly, quote from a piece seen elsewhere that captures my thoughts far more precisely than I ever could.

Adolthood – a New Category of Teenager

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Dr Joseph Russo

I have been lecturing for a few years now on the emerging literature supporting the notion that adulthood doesn’t really begin until age 25. Aside from the science of it all, my thinking was that adolescence hasn’t “aged” in my time as … Continue reading →

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Hope and Change: The 2020 Edition

Posted on June 6, 2020 by Dr Joseph Russo

This appeared in today’s City Journal and has been sent around via Twitter. It captures my thinking during these stupid times. It was written by Glenn Loury, the Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences in the Department of … Continue reading →

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Protecting Your Brand: What the Chinese Communists have Discovered (NOT)

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Dr Joseph Russo

The Chinese government has sought to influence news sites around the globe that the COVID19 virus is decidedly not of Chinese origins.  They are clearly afraid of the damage being done to their “brand.” Let’s face it: a brand, once … Continue reading →

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For Every Bad, There is a Worse

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Dr Joseph Russo

My mother who is now 91 years of age came of age during the tail end of the Great Depression. We have much to learn from her and others of the Greatest Generation. If this COVID19 thing persists, I have … Continue reading →

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Corona Virus (the “China Virus”) – Socialism’s Best Marketing Plan to Date

Posted on March 14, 2020 by Dr Joseph Russo

As I watch from the sidelines the gridiron back and forth on all-things-Corona, I am reminded that we are beyond the apex of “government owes me everything” -type thinking. It is now embedded in the genes of our youth. Players … Continue reading →

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Senators Need to Wake Up

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Dr Joseph Russo

The idea that many citizens woke up Thursday morning thinking that Donald Trump was no longer President – because he had been “impeached” – reveals just how pathetic our civics, government, and American history, education has become. I can tell … Continue reading →

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RELAX: Climate predictions are wildly wrong and probably always will be

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Dr Joseph Russo

Scare tactics used by the Global Warmists, including threats to jail anyone who does not agree with them, are simply a function of jealousy and what the Aussies would call, “the tallest poppy syndrome.” Since climate activists seem unwilling to … Continue reading →

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Parenting Our Parents: And Other Acts of Self-Soothing

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Dr Joseph Russo

So very often – more often than one would like to believe – my clients present with anger toward their parents. It can happen at any age and usually we grow out of it. If our parents die before that … Continue reading →

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A Bourgeois Prejudice: Thoughts on Tattoos and How They May be Killing You

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Dr Joseph Russo

I don’t have any tattoos. You can check if you want 🙂 First of all, they cost money, don’t they? Secondly, I cringe at sight of them; seriously, and when I see one, I default to a projection of uncleanliness. … Continue reading →

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Relax, at least you’re an American

Posted on June 30, 2019 by Dr Joseph Russo

Sometimes, the advent of July 4th gets me down. I am traveling on university business and as I sit in a hotel room in the middle of Germany – itself the epicenter of once-fanatical and now renewed nationalism – I … Continue reading →

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