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Doug Garland

Douglas Garland, M.D. practiced orthopedic surgery for 37 years in Southern California. Doug was also a Clinical Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Southern California.

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Dead America Podcast - The Tall Poppy Syndrome

Ed Watters is the host of the Dead America Podcast. He is on the older side of the ledger as am I and from the Pacific Northwest. Watters is very mellow making conversation easy and lengthy. Some might say the podcast at 1 hour 2o minutes is a little long

Dead America Podcast - The Tall Poppy Syndrome
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Katalin Karikó, The Nobel Prize, & The Tall Poppy Syndrome

"Those who can, do; those who cannot, tall poppy."                                                                                                             Author A paper by Francis Crick and  James Watson in Nature (1953) laid the groundwork for understanding DNA structure and functions. They, along with Maurice Wilkins, were awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their

Katalin Karikó, The Nobel Prize, & The Tall Poppy Syndrome
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Jordan Peterson, Zebras, & The Tall Poppy Syndrome - Part 2

Lodging. Lodging (agriculture) is the permanent bending of the stems of grain crops such as wheat and barley from wind which makes harvesting difficult and reduces yield. The taller the head of grain, the more likely the lodging. For TPS purposes, the taller poppy (TP) is more conspicuous which increases

Jordan Peterson, Zebras, & The Tall Poppy Syndrome - Part 2
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The Tall Poppy Syndrome

see the introduction by Mr. Stephenson

The Tall Poppy Syndrome
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Jordan Peterson, Professional Licensing Agencies, & the Tall Poppy Syndrome - Part I

Tall trees catch much wind.                             Chinese Idiom Tall Poppies (TP) are not determined by a ballot box; it is very subjective. My TP may not be your TP. Government agencies, often three letters, cut down many people (The Tall Poppy Syndrome: The Joy of Cutting Others Down). Jordan Peterson is

Jordan Peterson, Professional Licensing Agencies, & the Tall Poppy Syndrome - Part I
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Yevgeny Prigozhin Is Tall Poppied by Vladimir Putin

“Show me the man, and I’ll show you the crime.” Lavrentiy Beria, head of Joseph Stalin’s secret police In my book (The Tall Poppy Syndrome: The Joy of Cutting Others Down)  and blog (Last But Not Least! Politics and The Tall Poppy Syndrome), I have detailed the sizeable

Yevgeny Prigozhin Is Tall Poppied by Vladimir Putin
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Livy, Tarquin the Proud, & The Tall Poppy Syndrome

This is the second animation of this two-part series regarding the Roman Kingdoms.  The first episode (see Rome's Founding, Familial Envy & The Tall Poppy Syndrome) involved twin brothers Romulus and Remus vying for leadership at the beginning of a new Rome and its First Kingdom in 753

Livy, Tarquin the Proud, & The Tall Poppy Syndrome
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Was Budweiser a Victim of the Tall Poppy Syndrome?

Can businesses be victims of the Tall Poppy Syndrome (TPS)? The answer to both questions is a resounding yes. After the storyline is recounted, I will take you through the TPS anatomy as described in Anatomy of the Tall Poppy Syndrome. Bud Light was a top-selling beer when it hired

Was Budweiser a Victim of the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
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Roses and The Tall Poppy Syndrome(TPS)

A Rose is a rose is a rose ~ Gertrude Stein Stein used the sentence in a poem (1913) but later modified it which some interpreted as "it is what it is." This could be construed as the law of identity. But she had other ideas as did many

Roses and The Tall Poppy 
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Book Excerpt: Oppenheimer

The article below is taken from my book The Tall Poppy Syndrome: The Joy of Cutting Others Down (pgs. 194-197). Like many of you, I have seen the wonderful new Christopher Nolan movie 'Oppenheimer' which had a different point of view. Of course, I tend to view the

Book Excerpt: Oppenheimer