Internal Conflict · Skydiving

Skydiving. Love, Hate, Blue Skies, Black Death

I try to control my life through logic.  Still, my feelings will predominate in so many circumstances.  The love and adoration I have for my wife. How I tolerate from my kids that which I would never tolerate otherwise.  My love of the Oakland Raiders despite everything they’ve done to me the last decade.  My… Continue reading Skydiving. Love, Hate, Blue Skies, Black Death

fear · hate · lawyers · Politics · reptiles

Politics and the Reptile: Tribalism and Politics of Fear and Hate

The Lizard.  Appeal to Reptilian Instinct to Survive.  Not reason.  Not success.  Use their fear for your benefit. In 2009, David Ball and Don Keenan released a book titled, “Reptile: the 2009 Manual of the Plaintiff’s Revolution.”  This book took the Plaintiff’s bar by storm.  The book advises Plaintiff’s attorneys to appeal to the “reptilian”… Continue reading Politics and the Reptile: Tribalism and Politics of Fear and Hate