“Verbal Self-Defense” is a great article by Suzette Haden Elgin, Ph.D. She provides a couple of key tools for defusing verbal attacks, especuially those cases when someone criticizes you just to get you riled up and angry. It’s important to not let your emotions get too involved and remain calm so you can pick […]
Presidents draw their ideas from many sources. Could a moving walkway be one of them? Perhaps so. I’ve seen these signs a million times, but the possible link to the Republican Party occurred to me last night at the Milwaukee Airport, where I took this photo.
Stand right - but walk left. That’s how the Republican […]
A scene from the foyer of the Bellagio Hotel on Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo.
You can lose more than just your shirt while gambling in Vegas.
While Appleton has come a long ways over the years and is generally a healthy, vibrant community with a lot of racial harmony, recent events have stirred up some racial tensions between the Hmong and white communities. The problem involves a Hmong man, Chuetoua (”Toua”) Lor, who was accosted by a white man while squirrel […]
I’m a big supporter of law, order, and local police, but a tragic event involving a friend of mine leads me to this tip for all of you: If the police question you about an event where there is any chance that someone might accuse you of wrongdoing, don’t talk until you get a lawyer. […]
