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Life’s Truths

February 3, 2017 Michael Lodato 4 Comments

Over almost 85 years, I've formulated the following Truths that I recommend others think about: Truth #1: Nobody knows what they are talking about. Truth #2: Almost all Hollywood stuff is trash. Truth #3: If you don’t believe Truth #2, you are guilty of Truth #1. As proof, read the LA Times. … [Read more...]

Relationships in a Nutshell

January 20, 2017 Michael Lodato Leave a Comment

_ If you want to have friends, you must be a friend. _ If you want people to be loyal to you, you must be loyal. _ If you want to be interesting, you must be interested. … [Read more...]

What are Michael's Think Pieces?

I have lived a long and eventful life and over that time I've thought about a lot of stuff and I have been a prolific writer. The number of pages that I have created is in the tens of thousands. People have encouraged me to write more and to share my knowledge, experiences, insights, humor and observations with them. I don't have any expectations that people will benefit from visits to my blog. I write mostly for my self. Some time ago I started to refer to some of my writings as Think Pieces.

Think pieces are defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as articles “containing discussion, analysis, or opinion, as opposed to fact or news.” Michael's Think Pieces are a little more than that. When I get interested in a subject enough to think about it, I write a Michael's Think Piece – an article not intended to tell people what I know about something, but to find out what I know about it. I send my Think Pieces to a very small audience and hope that if they don’t agree with it, they will let me know so I can continue to know.

Currently I'm working on Think Piece on Economics and Economists . My interest in the subject came about only recently – after attending the UCLA Economic Outlook on December 6, 2016. I doubt I will finish that think piece before mid-2017. Other recent think pieces page include:

How to Build a Better Future for the U.S.
Are American's at Peace?
The System Launch Date is Not an Input
Why Trump is Surging (written in mid-2015)
You can find them on the Think Pieces page.

I work very hard to make sure to keep politics out of my think pieces. It is hard to do because I have insights and opinions that might sound political but I don't base any of them on political ideology. Those who know me remember that I was once a conservative and Republican. I am much more middle of the road these days. Read More about Looking Back