Welcome to the Hidden History of Texas. This is Episode 58 – Texans Join The Confederate Army I’m your host and guide Hank Wilson, As always, the broadcast is brought to you by Ashby Navis and Tennyson Media Publishers, Visit … Continue reading →
Welcome to Episode 57 – The Civil War starts and Texans Start Killing Each Other In the previous episode I talked about the path to secession. How Texas called a convention to consider the issue and how, even though some … Continue reading →
Episode 56 – Texas Votes and it’s War Remember from the last episode that those who wanted to leave the union forced the state to call a special convention. In that election the separatists pushed through their agenda and quite … Continue reading →
After World War II, another war broke out; this one did not use guns and bullets, instead philosophies over which type of government systems was better; were the main weapons. In the West, the Marshall Plan laid the groundwork for … Continue reading →
You and I are biased. We are all biased about something. That’s a psychological fact. We can try to pretend we’re not. We can tell others we’re not. We can actually believe we’re not. The reality is, all of us … Continue reading →
Recently I have been fascinated by the sheer volume of instances where a company finds itself facing a ‘crisis.’ Many of the stories I have seen actually show how an organization manages to turn an unpleasant occurrence into a crisis. … Continue reading →
The Freedman Bureau, established immediately after the end of the Civil War, is an example of how trying to legislate away hatred and bitterness very rarely works. This is especially true when the legislation is combatting engrained animosity and a … Continue reading →
In this post I discuss the Role of Values and Viewpoints in conflict- When people have different values and viewpoints there is also the potential for conflict. It’s important to understand the difference between values and viewpoints, because while they … Continue reading →
In the United States today, conflict among individuals is the one factor that plays the primary role in the breakdown of communication between people. Regardless of how well we think we have made our point, that we have been very … Continue reading →
In Robert Heinlein’s 1966 Science Fiction novel, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, one of his main characters, Professor Bernardo de la Paz, states that it is his belief, “that under no circumstances can the state justify placing its welfare … Continue reading →