In my latest Workplace Bullying Newsletter, I explain how my work on workplace bullying has helped me to understand the current national discourse in the U.S. newworkplace.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/w...

Ten years ago this weekend, we held a workshop at Suffolk Law that, among other things, would lead to the founding of the International Society for Therapeutic Jurisprudence. newworkplace.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/g...

The September issue of the Workplace Bullying Newsletter focuses on bullying in the legal profession (with free links to two major reports), along with the NY Times recommendations of 4 titles on narcissism. newworkplace.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/w...

Issue No. 2 of the Workplace Bullying Newsletter, leading with: Do psychopaths and sociopaths mellow with age? (And why does this relate to workplace bullying?) newworkplace.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/w...

How do you plan for a difference-making retirement, one that includes working on personal legacy goals? This piece links to short paper I wrote containing insights and resources. newworkplace.wordpress.com/2025/08/19/p...

How do you react when a boss refers to your workplace as a "family" or a "community"? All warm & fuzzy, SMH, or something in between? This piece applies Dr. Dana Segev's recent important paper on the experience of belonging to workplace cultures. newworkplace.wordpress.com/2025/08/11/s...

Issue no. 1 of my new Workplace Bullying Newsletter. This month: French execs convicted of psychological and sexual harassment; looking for subtle signs of bullying; study on workplace bullying and suicidal ideation; and bullying of nursing school faculty. newworkplace.wordpress.com/2025/07/25/w...

My reflections on No Kings Day here in Boston and elsewhere, along with the horrible political assassinations of Democratic legislators in Minnesota. newworkplace.wordpress.com/2025/06/15/n...

A year ago, I completed the Basic Program of Liberal Education for Adults, a 4-yr, open enrollment "Great Books" program offered by the U of Chicago's Graham School. No tests, no papers, just deeply engaging discussion. I shared my impressions here: muchmorethanasong.home.blog/2024/07/05/o...

Gentle reminder that RFK Jr. fired all 17 vaccine experts from our government.

Yup....the headline says it all.

To be a change agent, it is better to work from within the established system, or to challenge the status quo from the outside? Some thoughts shared here. newworkplace.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/i...

Trolls don't limit themselves to the online comments sections. They also annoy us at work -- and sometimes with greater consequences. newworkplace.wordpress.com/2023/07/18/t...

My 2019 piece in the Int'l Journal of Law & Psychiatry, drawing deeply on Trump 1.0, examines how public policy directives and implementation can instill anger, shock, fear, and trauma -- a framework for Trump 2.0 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

The Trump Administration should be reported for anti-Christian bias for mocking the life and teachings of Jesus and for rejecting compassion, generosity, kindness, healing, and justice. Instead, they have built a giant cult of cruelty, rage, and hatred. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

I had to make some time to get to this -- it's more long-form commentary than a typical Substack or blog piece -- but this essay by Melanie Lynn Brown about trauma and living in poverty is worth the effort. substack.com/home/post/p-...

New blog post: Trump has launched America's Second World War, using words, memos, and policy directives, typically weaponized with lies, distortion, threats, and psychological manipulation. psychologizinglpp.blog/2025/03/31/t...

I'm happy to share that my latest law review article, "Designing Trauma-Informed Legislation: Designing the Workplace Bullying Accountability Act," has been published in the UIC Law Review. Freely downloadable pdf here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The Hegseth Standard: If this misogynistic, nationalist tat-wearing, and now proven incompetent clown keeps his job, then we've just established national precedent for eliminating employee performance evaluations of any kind.

I was greatly disappointed by the Paul Weiss law firm, which reacted to Trump's likely unlawful threats by opting for the Neville Chamberlain approach of appeasing their abuser. They will never be the same. Hopefully other BigLaw firms will not repeat their mistake. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Make no mistake about it: Traumatizing federal workers is part of the MAGA/DOGE agenda, as stated by Trump's current director of the Office of Management and Budget last year. Unfortunately, the strategy appears to be working. newworkplace.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/m...

Like this.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's Chief of Staff:

Dr. Lilia Cortina (U. Michigan) nails it on Trump's targeting of women. www.freep.com/story/opinio...

In a new post to Psychologizing Law, Policy, and Politics, I ask whether the Trump & Vance ambush of Zelensky was more like school yard bullying or domestic abuse. psychologizinglpp.blog/2025/03/06/t...

Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat: Authoritarianism is rife with "the parade of sociopaths, sycophants, petty and grand criminals, and zealots who flourish in lawless environments where the performance of power is everything and the leader is elevated to a semi-divinity." lucid.substack.com/p/none-of-th...

First post to my new "Psychologizing Law, Policy, and Politics" blog, "Facing the Maelstrom, Part I": psychologizinglpp.blog/2025/02/18/f...

I was interviewed about the new Workplace Bullying Accountability Act by Prof. Keaton Fletcher (Colorado St. U.) for his "Healthy Work" podcast. It's about 30 minutes. Short description and link in this blog article. newworkplace.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/p...

Today's Valentine's Day sentiment from the White House. It's real, and it's really sick. What is wrong with these people?

From 2019, I present to you, our MAGA Secretary of Defense. He's creepy in every way. Stick with fist bumps, if at all.

IMPORTANT: "We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law. It is part of the oath we took when we became lawyers. Whatever your political party or your views, change must be made in the right way." www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

"Looks like I picked the wrong year to be an American."

A former Obama administration member weighs in on more traditional citizen activist and election-oriented responses to the coup. Worth considering as part of our individual actions. www.messageboxnews.com/p/how-to-cha...

Everyday Germans understand the dire threat of fascistic forces in their country that Elon Musk supports.

After the 2016 election, I recommended books by Bertram Gross, Jane Jacobs, and Hannah Arendt to provide some understanding of the direction in which America was going. I can only underscore the foresight of these works as applied to the U.S. today. newworkplace.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/t...

The cleansing part of any modern coup includes scrubbing websites of stories and identities. I wrote this some 14 years ago, invoking Orwell. newworkplace.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/e...

I wonder if there are Trump voters who have come to regret their vote as quickly as a good number of Brexit voters did with theirs in 2016? I mean, it's too late to mean anything, but I'm just curious.

The derelict New York Times coverage of the Trump threat may constitute one of the biggest ethical failures in journalism history. Sadly, there's precedent for being asleep on duty when journalistic courage was needed, via the NYT's coverage of the Holocaust. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buried_...

Yes, there are worthy debates and fair differences of opinion over DEI. But scrubbing the term and its content as Trump is doing evokes a term used to describe what happened during the Third Reich: Eliminationist. And it's brought to you by the folks who can't stop complaining about cancel culture.

As a layperson, I wish to propose this add'l criterion to any Cluster B personality disorder in the DSM: "Commands an inordinate amount of attention due to crazy making and gaslighting behaviors." I can't imagine what news developments may have inspired this suggestion.

If you're wondering about the internal moral negotiations that once ethical physicians went through in order to agree to serve the Nazi interests back in the 1930s, this snippet gives you a clue.

Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."

Agreed with Dr. Donovan, though the word "coup" may be beyond the understanding of some 47 supporters.

Ezra Klein is telling us, in essence, that Trump will run out of things he can order. We’ll see. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

Along with Elon, these six totally unaccountable young men helping to engineer the privatized takeover of government infrastructure.

As public health info is disappearing from US gov pages, sources like this one -- Your Local Epidemiologist -- are especially helpful. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/my-promise...

Resources for scientists who are being threatened or targeted below from the @nationalacademies.org www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...

I struggle with how to treat the NYT in my news rotation. Its news coverage remains valuable. But its headlines often try to normalize extremism. And its commentators have likely been compromised, per Paul Krugman's explanation of why he left. contrarian.substack.com/p/departing-...?