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• Disappearing Jobs and the “Hollowing Out” of the Middle Class

  

  Most important question: When will the jobs come back? Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2013 BUSINESS, SOCIETY

• Grammar Friday

  

  Today’s two grammar tips: The word “anyways” has slipped into the language, as in, “I don’t care if you drank all the water. I didn’t want any anyways.” The wor... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2013 BUSINESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Avoid These Presentation Mistakes

  

  It’s so easy to fall into bad presentation habits. You’re so jammed with so many deadlines that just getting a presentation together is a major accomplishment. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 BUSINESS

• Grammar Friday

  

  Today’s grammar tips: To know whether you need a singular or a plural verb, you need to identify the subject of the sentence. You would say, “My pair of scissor... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2013 BUSINESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Art of Asking Good Questions

  

  Most of us believe that to be effective in our work, we have to be able to provide answers to people’s problems, and that’s certainly true. Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2013 BUSINESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Grammar Friday

  

  Today’s two grammar tips (OK, writing tips): The phrase “rarely ever” is redundant. “I rarely ever sleep late, but today I stayed in bed until 11 a.m.” See?... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Insights from Amazon’s Jeff Bezos

  Late last year, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos used a company event to have a fireside chat with Amazon Web Services’ chief technology officer, Werner Vogels. Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2013 BUSINESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Goodbye, Emily – a Woodstock-based Novel

  

  For some time now, Michael Murphy has been letting me know that his Woodstock-based novel was in production and on the way to publication. I was flattered that... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2013 BUSINESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Grammar Friday

  

  Today’s two grammar tips: Don’t say, “He’s taller than me.” Say, “He’s taller than I.” You can remember this by recognizing that the full sentence would be,... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2013 BUSINESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Grammar Friday

  

  Today’s two grammar tips: Don’t misuse the word “foot.” The swimming pool is not 12 foot deep; it’s 12 feet deep. The man isn’t six foot tall; he’s six feet... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2012 BUSINESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Guy Kawasaki Teaches You How to Publish Your Own Book

  

  Guy Kawasaki It says a lot about the state of modern publishing that even a successful author like Guy Kawasaki finally said, “Enough! Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 BUSINESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Study Guides for Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s The Cost of Discipleship

  

  I just finished leading a class at my congregation on Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s book, The Cost of Discipleship. Bonhoeffer was the German Lutheran theologian who... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2012 BUSINESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Grammar Friday

  

  Today’s two grammar tips: Indefinite pronouns are words that replace nouns without specifying which nouns they replace. Some indefinite pronouns are singular,... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2012 BUSINESS, LANGUAGES

• Income Distribution in the United States

  

  All the recent talk about reworking tax rates and closing tax breaks got me curious about how income is distributed across U.S. households. If you really want t... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, SOCIETY

• Grammar Friday

  

  Here are today’s two grammar tips: Items on a list must be a matching set. This would be wrong: At the grocery store, I bought apples, pears, oranges, and packe... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Even Komodo Dragons Need Prosthetics

  I serve on the board of the Phoenix Zoo, and I admire how much our animal care staff goes the extra mile to give the animals healthy, productive lives. Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Grammar Friday

  

  Today’s two grammar tips: A missile homes in on a target. It doesn’t hone in, even though this mistake seems to be growing in popular usage. “Hone” means to... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2012 BUSINESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Where’s the Real Money in Taxes? Tax Breaks

  

  Most of the post-election jockeying about taxes has been around one issue: raising income-tax rates for the wealthiest Americans. All signs seem to indicate tha... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Grammar Friday

  

  Today’s two grammar tips: For two things to collide, they both have to be in motion. You can’t have a head-on collision with a pole. Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2012 BUSINESS, RANDOM, SELF EXPRESSION

• So, What’s Next? That’s up to Us, Not Our Politicians

  

  Tip O’Neill and Ronald Reagan found ways to do together. It’s time for our leaders to do the same. Barack Obama continues as president, the Senate remains in th... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 SELF EXPRESSION