The Commonality between USS Indianapolis and Jaws
You can be destroyed but never defeated. ~ Ernest Hemingway AI Narration0:00/3:111× Last week's post HMS Wager, USS Indianapolis, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome explored England and the United States government's role in cutting down Tall Poppies. Part of the USS Indianapolis' history is reviewed in the blog.
HMS Wager, USS Indianapolis, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome
AI Narration0:00/13:491× "Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. " ~ Ronald Reagan, 40th president of the US "Government's first duty is to protect the people, not "ruin" their lives." ~ Doug Garland, Author David Grann's The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
Anti-Semitism (& Government) as Cutter(s) in the Tall Poppy Syndrome -The Albert Dreyfus Affair
There is something uncannily adaptive about anti-Semitism: the way it can hide, unsuspected, in the most progressive minds. James Lasdun Anti-Semitism and Government as Cutters in the Tall Poppy Syndrome0:00/3:081× Summary: The Dreyfus Affair was a political scandal in France during the late 19th and early 20th
James Bennet, The New York Times editorial-page chief, Becomes a Victim of the Tall Poppy Syndrome (TPS). Movements, Politics, and the Press as cutters
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. ~ Albert Einstein Last week's blog updated a previous blog (Ronald Sullivan: A Preposterous Victim of the Tall Poppy Syndrome) that involved movements and politics. This week's blog is in the same vein. It was published
Ronald Sullivan: A Preposterous Victim of the Tall Poppy Syndrome
When it rains it pours. Morton Salt Company (Or, the Ongoing Saga of Claudine Gay) This blog was posted on Jun 11, 2019. Due to ongoing events involving Ms. Gay, I thought the post should be revisited as published. Movement as a Cutter in the Tall Poppy Syndrome. “When elephants
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome & How It May Be Impacting YOU
Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind. Ecclesiastes 4:4 The "Simply Fit Podcast" with Elliot Hasoon is London-based and was my last guest podcast of 2023 (https:
It's a Wonderful Life & The Tall Poppy Syndrome
Remember, no man is a failure who has friends. Clarence Odbody It's a Wonderful Life is a classic American film directed by Frank Capra and released in 1946. The movie is a heartwarming Christmas fantasy drama that has become a beloved holiday tradition for many. The Plot revolves around George
EP 42: Real Confidence- The Joy of Cutting Others Down with Special Guest Doug Garland
Knowing it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him. Mark 15:10 I am sharing a short, 18-minute podcast, that I did on the first of this year before my website was up and running (see https://lnkd.in/eGgpEPXP). It is shorter
Envy's Harvest & The Tall Poppy Syndrome
Our envy of others devours us most of all. ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn William D. Higginson was born in 1978 in Australia. He began drawing early in life and continued through his high school years where he found success in high school art shows. After 3 years in the military without even
Jealousy, a Love Triangle, & The Tall Poppy Syndrome
It is not love that is blind, but jealousy. Lawrence Durrell The last blog dealt with envy (Envy, the Capollas, & The Tall Poppy Syndrome). Presently, we will examine jealousy. For your review, we will define them again. Jealous people are concerned about losing something or someone they have or have
