Dave’s Desk@Ditch: Effective Altruism — To Live Is To Give
One thing that this current pandemic has reminded us (often with alarmingly high numbers), is that there is no shortage
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Dave’s Desk@Ditch: An Alternative Choice
With the recent elections having come and gone, it has become rather obvious that we as a country, in our
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Dave’s Desk@Ditch: Casting My Vote for Less Screen Time
Call it what you want, but this past week I came down with what can only be described as a
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Dave’s Desk@Ditch: Embracing the Reality of a New Normal
During a recent live radio interview I had with host Gianna Volpe on WLIW (NPR’s Long Island affiliate), one of
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Dave’s Desk@Ditch: Becoming Comfortable with Uncertainty
As I was conducting research on another topic last week, I stumbled upon an article in Psychology Today written by
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The Value of Interdependence: Preschool Edition
One of many take-aways I’ve come to appreciate during these past several months of social distancing has got to be
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Dave’s Desk@Ditch: Separating the Narrative From the Situation
Until we have actually experienced a particular crisis, can we truly predict how we’ll ultimately react beforehand? For a significant
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Dave’s Desk@Ditch: The Gift of Compassionate Guidance
by Dave Davis As of this writing, it’s been a little over four weeks since “work-from-home” kicked in; elevating social
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Dave’s Desk@Ditch: No Longer a Victim of Circumstance
Last month, on a return flight from Los Angeles, I couldn’t help but overhear a conversation between two travelers discussing
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Dave’s Desk@Ditch: The Business of Fear
If you’ve been reading this column for the past several years since the newspaper’s hard-copy version came on-board, then you’re
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Dave’s Desk@Ditch: We Are Family
“The best day of my life was watching our mothers meet for the first time.” Indeed, an incredible sentiment expressed
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