Lee Johnson

Tiger Woods' personal anthem should be the one by Sunshine Anderson, "Heard It All Before." The chorus of that song, "your lies ain't working now; look who's hurtin' now...Heard it all before, ... baby this, baby that..." People make fun of some women who are said to be groupies or gold diggers, but in reality and truth, these women need to ask themselves this most important symbolic interactive question, "would marrying a professional athlete bring me happiness over the course of my life span?'

Government agencies have severely cut mental health funding while advocating the Obamacare that hails health care to ensure every American may get their physical "ails" cured. In September of each year, there is an initiative to "take a loved one to the doctor." What kind of doctor? What else, a physician? Notice how closely the word "physician" is to the word "physical." The Greek root word for mentality or mind is "psych." What two types of doctors can you think of that begin with the syllable "psych?" No doubt you guessed psychologists and psychiatrists. It is no wonder that people are not breaking down the doors to "take their loved ones to the doctor" to see a psychologist or a psychiatrist.

Suppose your child came home from school and said, "Mom, Johnny used a four-lettered word to express himself to the math teacher today." What kind of four-lettered words would surface in your mind? Would you think of action verbs like "work, take, bend, pick, help, or show"?

Texas used to have an anti-littering slogan entitled, "Don't mess with Texas?" Well, you can take that statement in more ways than one. Texas is known for taking the death penalty very seriously. It is one of the rare states in the union where criminals are just in "awe" of that statement. Of course in this case, Texas was referring to motorists littering "mess" instead of disobeying social norms. As with budget restraints, it appears that state and local governments have all but abandoned anti-littering campaigns. Failing to keep the hammer down on litterers, they have completely gone wild in Ogden. One Ogden couple who walks two laps around the Dee Events Center every morning is just beside themselves with how people litter their beloved Weber State University campus.

When Max Weber coined the term bureaucracy, he certainly had in mind a system that was to be cohesive and consistent. How can the bureaucrats and nonprofit agencies take even fuller advantage of college students to assist them in their administration efforts?