By Martin H. Levinson Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry not sorry I could not walk on both For…
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Martin H. Levinson, PhD, New York University, is a past president of the Institute of General Semantics, book editor for ETC: A Review of General Semantics, and a contributing editor to The Satirist: America's Critical Most Journal. He has published 14 books and scores of articles on topics ranging from self-help fairy tales to social and historical analyses. He is currently a faculty member with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Stony Brook University, a teacher for the United Federation of Teachers’ Si Beagle Learning Program, which is located in New York City, and a lecturer on contemporary and historical topics for schools and public libraries.
By Martin H. Levinson Dear Mister Etiquette: When I sit down to eat at a fancy affair, I get confused about what silverware to use…
By Martin H. Levinson The patriotic Americans who stormed the Capitol on January 6th did so because Congress was about to ratify the results of…
By Martin Levinson Effective communication is one of the most essential skills to master to succeed in life. It’s the key to great and long-lasting relationships.…
By Martin H. Levinson With apologies to Rogers and Hammerstein (Sing to the tune of “June is Bustin’ Out All Over” from then musical Carousel)…
By Martin H. Levinson The U.S. military has had great success setting up no-fly zones over the lands of foreign enemies. So maybe we should…
By Martin H. Levinson George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and FDR did some pretty amazing things when they led the country. But their achievements don’t hold…
Dear Editor, Trump was robbed. If you subtract blacks, suburban women, and anyone with half a brain and just count racists, misogynists, and people who…
By Martin H. Levinson A cognitive bias refers to systematic errors in one’s thinking. Such biases can skew our perceptions and impair our ability to…
By Martin H. Levinson Everyone knows about QAnon, a rightwing conspiracy culture whose mission is to unearth the secret plots that the deep state has…
By Martin H. Levinson November 19, 1863 Eighty-seven years ago—a time before my Trump Buffalo Steaks, Trump Bowie knives, and Trump Anti-Aging Elixir became famous…
By Martin H. Levinson To stop the spread of the coronavirus the CDC wants everyone to wear a mask. Well CDC, I’m not going to…
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