When we moved to the UK in the early 90s one of the several aspects of culture shock that we experienced was the plainness and forthrightness with which people spoke. I don’t know from experience that what we experienced was universal throughout . . . Continue reading →
That might be the spirit of the age. Road rage. One driver pulls sharply in front of another driver and the second says “How dare you?” In some cases violence ensues. Just yesterday a troubled student burst into his high school office . . . Continue reading →
As a follow on to the post of the 24th, On Being Critical, it seems useful to think a little about how to navigate the choppy waters of criticism and especially how to deal with it in our new media age. There’s . . . Continue reading →