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Everyone would agree, it’s going to be a heck of a lot easier to repeal Obamacare than it would be to repeal The Affordable Care Act. Who would want to...READ MORE The post The Force or the Dark Side, What’s the True Power of Turning a Phrase? appeared first on That Got Me Thinking.

Evidence shows that the likelihood of relapse or recidivism is directly linked to the level of ongoing support a person receives upon being released back to the community after incarceration. And Beyond...READ MORE The post Confronting the Walls Beyond Prison appeared first on That Got Me Thinking.

Technology Entrepreneur, Jim Estill is the author of two books, Time Leadership: Lessons from a CEO and Zero to $2Billion: The Marketing and Branding Story Behind the Growth. He is also a successful investor,...READ MORE The post Can a Capitalist Socialist’s Time Management Skills Save the World? appeared first on That Got Me Thinking.

“Psychotic people have souls. They have identities. They have hope. They have dreams. They are not to be shunted away, as they were 7 centuries ago in Bedlum Asylum, beaten…”...READ MORE The post Why We Keep the Crazy People in the Shadows appeared first on That Got Me Thinking.

Charley Hardy, a former Catholic priest and prior candidate for the U.S. Senate in Wyoming will tell you a single soul can do quite a lot to change the status...READ MORE The post What Can One Soul Do to Change American Politics for the Better? appeared first on That Got Me Thinking.

Federal government raids, outlaws and renegades, entrepreneurs and established big business, mom and pop markets, loyalty to community -The contemporary Wild West Gold Rush is green. Kathleen Tracy tells us, “There...READ MORE The post Who Will Strike It Rich In Cannabis Country? appeared first on That Got Me Thinking.

What are the limits of Presidential power and authority? Could an imbalance in the governmental power structure make our Democracy vulnerable and put it at risk of falling apart? What is...READ MORE The post Who’s Afraid of President Trump? appeared first on That Got Me Thinking.

Mary Astor’s Purple Diary is a story of Hollywood, New York,  love affairs, divorce, custody battles, organized religion, fake news, politics, sex and scandals. Writer and illustrator, Edward Sorel, grew up...READ MORE The post Edward Sorel, Religion, Sex and Scandal appeared first on That Got Me Thinking.

Chinese Martial Arts Master, Dr. Shin Lin was a contemporary of Bruce Lee, training under the same martial arts master for physical training, enhancing health, fighting and self defense. Dr. Lin is...READ MORE The post Is Qi, Vital Life Energy, the Key to Health and Longevity? appeared first on That Got Me Thinking.

Economist Clair Brown, Ph.D.,  thinks the answer is plenty. In her new book, Buddhist Economics: An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science, Professor Brown discusses her holistic approach to organizing the economy...READ MORE The post What Would Buddha Say About Our Free Market Economy? appeared first on That Got Me Thinking.

Acclaimed author, Candis Terry gives us a glimpse into the world of the Romance Novel. What it’s like to write one and what it means to live in one. Terry...READ MORE The post A Little Light Hearted Happy Ever After Romance for Spring appeared first on That Got Me Thinking.

Barry Glassner, author of The Culture of Fear, Why Americans are Afraid of the Wrong Things: Crime, Drugs, Minorities, Teen Moms, Killer Kids, Mutant Microbes, Plane Crashes, Road Rage, and...READ MORE The post “Be Afraid. Be Very, Very, Afraid.” Or Not: The Futility of Unfounded Fears appeared first on That Got Me Thinking.

How do you remember where you parked your car and will your brain shrink if you can’t remember? Neuroscientist Elizabeth Kirby heads the Kirby Lab at the Ohio State University...READ MORE The post How Does Stress Affect the Brain? appeared first on That Got Me Thinking.

Yale researcher Paul Bloom, author of How Pleasure Works and Just Babies, disagrees with policy makers, activists, scientists and philosophers who think the only problem with empathy is that we need...READ MORE The post How to Make the World a Better Place appeared first on That Got Me Thinking.

Change Agent, Patti Dobrowolski, teaches us how to create and work the “Snap Shot of the Big Picture” utilizing the brain to get what we want by learning how to...READ MORE The post Getting the Life You Picture appeared first on That Got Me Thinking.

Growing up in the orphaned space of the Philadelphia Projects, author and Philosophy Professor, George Yancy, embarked on an unlikely trajectory. From an early age, he had begun asking some very big...READ MORE The post Racism, Blackness and Being Orphaned in a Silent Cosmos appeared first on That Got Me Thinking.

Scientist, Philip Taylor believes the Black Soldier Fly may be the answer to the missing link in the food chain that is currently destroying the world’s oceans. Taylor tells us,...READ MORE The post Can Black Soldier Flies Save Our Oceans? appeared first on That Got Me Thinking.

Larry Brilliant, M.D., M.P.H., a pioneering physician, hippie, tech innovator, philanthropist and key player in the eradication of one of the worst pandemics in human history, talks about “Bending the arc...READ MORE The post Sometimes Brilliant, Always Illuminating appeared first on That Got Me Thinking.

Award winning health and science journalist Claudia Kalb has inventively and successfully refocused our attention on 12 famous lives, and 12 turbulent minds. Was Andy Warhol a hoarder? Did Einstein have...READ MORE The post “Andy Warhol was a Hoarder” appeared first on That Got Me Thinking.

Journalist and author, Cinque Henderson, drills down on public education, funding, the perils of innovation, respectability politics, discipline, allies and Bob Dylan. As we find ourselves in the center of a...READ MORE The post Cinque Henderson on Education and What the Black Lives Matter Movement Can Learn From our Founding Fathers appeared first on That Got Me Thinking.