Beyond the Rhetoric

This post has been guest blogged by Ray Ebersole “Space, the final frontier.” That is the tag line for the Star Trek I grew up with. James T. Kirk, Spock, Bones, Uhura and the gang were my friends in the 60s. The new group of the Enterprise could be called “Space, the New Frontier.” This [...]

I think most of us had mothers who nagged us as children. Many of those same mothers continue to nag us to this day, but you know what? We love our moms just the same, if not more. Given how much they give us, how much they support us, and how much they continue to [...]

Earlier this week, I wrote a blog post exclaiming that you can do well by doing good. This was meant to illustrate the philosophy of thinking beyond the bottom line and ensuring that you are doing good things for the people around you and the world at large. The title is also a slight play [...]

The other day, Yurecho reminded me of a post that explained political systems using a cow-ownership analogy. For example, a pure democracy is described as: “You have two cows. Your neighbors decide who gets the milk.” This isn’t the first time that I’ve encountered this article, but it did serve as the inspiration for today’s [...]

Although I can perfectly understand that not everyone is going to know everything about everything, it still frustrates me when someone uses a specific term incorrectly. If you are unsure about certain terminology, there is no shame in asking. This is particularly essential for journalists and professional writers, because your readers have come to expect [...]