He's set in his ways - will never buy a car with a big screen to show him what he doesn't need to know.
He's set in his ways - most of his aches and pains need a few aspirin and not his ancestral DNA.
He's set in his ways - he buys good old dog food for Spike and the word "science" means nothing on the bag.
He's set in his ways - a stamp on an envelope and a paper letter to his mother; no texting a loved one.
He's set in his ways - he wants the score, know who is at bat and on deck. He doesn't need 20 stats from analytics about each player.
He's set in his ways - He sees what he's always seen - a man or a woman, nothing in-between.
He's set in his ways - his home appliances have knobs and no digital overload of information about his laundry or frozen meatballs in the frig.
He's set in his ways - He fought in a foreign land for his country and for American values long before the borders came to mean nothing. 
He's set in his ways - one day he'll leave behind photo albums of his life with families. They'll look in iCloud and he won't be there.

I love AM radio. Very set in my ways.

The AMA drastically altered its most enduring guide to patient relations in late 2021. The document they published is titled,  
Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Language, Narrative and Concepts (ama-assn.org)
Something got into the blood stream of management at the American Medical Association, headquartered in Chicago. They released a manifest-styled document in November 2021 for all their constituents that was so Critical Race Theory that they even used the term on their websites. What's the goal?  To tear down dominant narratives in physician professions: racism - the narratives belonging to the privileged which must be searched for, disrupted and corrected according to CRT.
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Dominant narratives in the AMA document refer to the way a doctor talks to a patient. Dominant narratives can be, in Critical Race Theory, oppressions, harmful language, racism, systemic injustice in the healthcare community, systemic power over minorities, to name a few “problematics.” 
Why does this matter to you, as a professional, a student just out of med school, a career person with established credentials? It’s simply an ideology with a determined goal to tear down systems of knowledge production that we accept as common good, provide freedom, advance knowledge through sciences and elevate liberal and objective truth.

​from: Shaken Leaders. New Jobs, Titles & Activism 

SHAKEN LEADERS. New Jobs, identities & Activism

an excerpt from chapter 4, Oracle Attacks the General Assembly

To know about company culture has never been so essential, for once hired, you must abide by the norms of their public social charter. A good example of this showed-up in Nashville when Oracle, in May 2021, announced plans to build a massive corporate campus, thus, promising to bring thousands of high-paying jobs to the city. The Metro Industrial Development Board went to work but so did Oracle “activism.” Like a bolt of lightning, the company’s diversity people immediately attacked House Bill 1182 signed by Governor Bill Lee meant to protect school children from gender bathroom and locker-room sharing when athletics are involved.
To Oracle's diversity people and legal team, HB1182 crossed the line; it was bias, discriminatory and violated rights of LGBTQ+ students. The company then invited more than 80 corporate leaders to sign a letter stating their position, shared by the ACLU: Tennessee is anti-LGBTQ+ – and furthermore, Oracle will pursue a fight with a Republican-led House which, they state is endangering transgenders in schools.

A job seeker who may oppose such a political and social environment within the Oracle halls in Nashville may not wish to apply. This demands a career-assessment mentality.
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           The Bucket Man

Introducing a short story of fiction, The Bucket Man is my initial creative piece on a cultural theme: homeless people. The idea originated while passing a homeless hangout on my commute - the site is actual and stands between a small creek, Walmart parking lot, a raucous suburban intersection, with a hospital just up the road.

Robbie Raine, our main character, is a homeless man with sensibilities, imagination, history and most importantly, hope for the future. The short story is told from his perspective as memories weave together with other homeless characters including one from the "good clean people" - who has a hidden story of his own.

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