Collected essays - From the cover: The new guy in a small conservative town explores the foundations of his faith in community, human progress, and liberal values. "His writing is humorous, bold, and adventurous all at once ... channeled through a facility for language and the music of words. David isn't afraid to talk about religion, politics, or anything else worth examining. He is variously friend, teacher, inquisitor, and voice crying out in the wilderness. He discusses, lectures and rants, but always in a conversational adult voice. Somehow both an agnostic and true believer, he radiates...

Short stories by David Satterlee. " His writing is] humorous, bold, and adventurous all at once ... channeled through a facility for language and the music of words." A gifted wordsmith, he only writes at the 6th grade level when he wants to. Each story is short and sweet - or sometimes bittersweet - or just thought-provoking. There is often a surprise concluding twist that will "get you in the end." The author's range is amazing. Very human stories explore the extremes of life, loss, and love. David gives a stream-of-thought treatment to a love story involving elder-care; he presents a tale...

This book is for everyone who wants to consider, start, operate or grow their network marketing business. It provides 104 brief topical discussions organized into sections on: self-improvement; communicating; family issues; mastering your vision; getting the right work done; coping with fear, risk and crisis; learning and teaching; exerting influence and getting cooperation; and doing business from your home or store. David just plain gets it. He demonstrates a high level of emotional intelligence and sees how we can improve ourselves while treating others with understanding and respect. This...

(Note: This material appeared previously in Chum For Thought: Throwing Ideas into Dangerous Waters by the same author.) This historical essay, drawn from the deepest jungles of Uruguay in South America, examines the creation of a flourishing culture and economy that lasted for almost two centuries. It explores the guided development of a virtuous web of social and economic controls that mixed the philosophy of Catholic Jesuit missionaries with the traditions of the native Guarani peoples. An unprecedented experiment in progressive community-building may have once created that rarest of...

This fascinating collection of very human stories explores the extremes of life, loss, and love. David often examines the emotions of women of all ages - sometimes in a woman's voice. He lampoons and surprises. He treats us to science fiction, perky teens, cunning old men, clumsy gods, touching romances and even some gratuitous whimsy -- often with a surprise ending twist. David has a sly sense of humor that enjoys irony, bad puns, and tongue-in-cheek allusions. Look out for unexpected endings and the consequences of hubris - acting with excessive self-confidence. Some of this material...

This is David Satterlee's second book of collected essays. Most examine values, virtues and ideas that are important to living together well in our developing societies. These values are often denounced out-of-hand by those who cling to old ideas that no longer serve the needs of a changing world. David focuses on important issues affecting our future as individuals, families, communities and societies. David leads off with "Superman is a Liberal," and continues to explore optimism, how our stories affect our beliefs and our relationship to computers and "Big Data." Another set explores "real...