The Clarksvillian One of the biggest questions I'm asked is how to improve a relationship, whether it be with a spouse, sibling, parent, child, friend, or colleague. To say thank you for joining my newsletter, here are my 7 principles for relationships: 1. Conflict Delayed Is Conflict Multiplied People wonder why I engage in conflict. I hate conflict. I find it very stressful. But conflict delayed is conflict multiplied. As the conflict is delayed, the reasons multiply. And the persons who are involved demean themselves, get weaker, and less confident. I used to see this in my clinical practi ..read more

The Clarksvillian The American pro-life movement has achieved something which is magnificent to the point of being miraculous. The significance of the Supreme Court’s decision to reverse their decision on Roe v Wade is the fact that, amongst other things, ordinary US citizens who are completely outside the establishment have toppled the false god of “Choice” — a god worshipped by members of the pro-abortion elite which runs virtually all the main institutions in the country; and a god who is tragically revered, to one extent or another, by most US citizens, including Catholics. As a leading B ..read more

The Clarksvillian The quick rise of Boston area based personality 1090 Jake's End of Sentence (EOS) podcast has made for must-see viewing. One of the few hosts coming off as sincere and real, it's no wonder Jake's videos immediately hit the half-million tags when released. In the end, we all knew it was an inevitability that Youtube heavyweight Adam22 would pull the right strings for this rare opportunity to discuss life with the new media's most recognizable narrative voice. Want your eyes opened to modern-day life on the street of Any Street USA? Invest some time, grab a drink, and sit back ..read more

The Clarksvillian Do those counter intuitive posts leave you with questions? How do so many anti-social posts trend or have thousands of likes and dislikes? New research exposes a “massive secretive operation” to fill China’s internet with propaganda. They are the most hated group in Chinese cyberspace. They are, to hear their ideological opponents tell it, “fiercely ignorant,” keen to “insert themselves in everything,” and preen as if they were “spokesmen for the country.” Westerners bemoan their propensity to beat the drum of nationalism, bombard Chinese liberals with personal attacks, and ..read more

The Clarksvillian This is going out to the truckers out there, but everyone should start thinking about the potential: Is there a certain point – a price per gallon if you will, where the wheels start falling off the supply chains, the economy, etc. to the point of no return? A few weeks ago, I was talking with friends both on and offline; trying to calculate a number in which owner-operators and small fleets simply could no longer afford to operate under the current D.O.T. rules. If/When that happens, by logic, we assume one of more of the following would take place: Independent drivers (an ..read more

The Clarksvillian “To be, or not to be? That is the question.” — William Shakespeare, Hamlet Your past does not define you. Your future does (Rather, how you define your future, defines you today.) Do you have a big, bright future pulling your forward? Or are you letting your past dictate your future and limit who you can be and what you are capable of? Let me introduce you to your Future Self and how amazing your future really can be. Better yet, let me introduce you to the book, Be Your Future Self Now, where Dr. Benjamin Hardy shows you the ropes and enlightens your way to build a better ..read more

The Clarksvillian Cyberattacks have become so commonplace that it’s not just big corporations and banks at risk anymore. Now, even small businesses are being attacked. If you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, you must understand the risks of cyberattacks, and how you can avoid becoming a victim of an attack. Below, we offer cybersecurity best practices every entrepreneur should know about. Be Proactive The best time to protect your business against cyberattacks is before they happen. In fact, the first thing a cybersecurity expert will tell you is that it is much easier (and cheaper) to avoid an a ..read more

The Clarksvillian After the terrorist attacks on 9/11, I worried constantly about unattended backpacks, mailbox bombs and transit terrorism — but never about being personally attacked. That New York City is gone, apparently. As a 20- and 30-something young woman living in Manhattan some years ago, the city felt like my playground. Virtually nowhere was off-limits, too unfriendly, or unsafe to visit. The Theater District for plays. The Lower East Side for live music. Harlem for soul food. The Bronx for Italian. Queens for Mets games. Brooklyn for beaches. My friends and I would walk the street ..read more

The Clarksvillian Has punk ever truly been dead? Since the genre’s eruption in the late seventies, it is birthed not only wave after wave of bands both good and bad, but also endless hours of public panic surrounding the genre. Anyone looking for evidence of the genre’s misunderstood and manic origins needs only look to the wide swath of “punk panic” entertainment that emerged in the late seventies and early eighties. Dozens of TV shows and movies were made where punks were examined, critiqued, and satirized. Talk shows had panels of guests in leather and liberty spikes, while figures like Dea ..read more

The Clarksvillian The world only has approximately 10 weeks worth of grain left, the lowest levels ever seen, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine is creating a "seismic" threat to global food supplies, Gro Intelligence CEO Sara Menker told the United Nations Security Council. "The Russia-Ukraine war did not start the food security crisis. It simply added fuel to a fire that was long burning. A crisis we detected tremors from long before the COVID 19 pandemic exposed the fragility of our supply chains," Menker told the United Nations. Her software company, Gro Intelligence, uses human and artifici ..read more