Today is the last day of Women’s History Month. As mentioned yesterday, the theme of the National Women’s History Project is “Writing Women Back into History.” This blog is Part 2 about women’s issues that I would like to see become part of history and NOT a present-day occurrence. On 11/03/09 I wrote about a [...]
March is National Women’s History Month. I meant to comment earlier on this event, but better late than never, especially since this is the 30th anniversary of the National Women’s History Project. From the NWHP website: History helps us learn who we are, but when we don’t know our own history, our power and dreams [...]
Stories That Change Your Life – Part 2 (Part 1: 3/27/10) The young woman’s attacker, John Paul Mack at first denied he was The Smasher Slasher. But evidence proved otherwise. He was arrested and convicted of “malicious wounding with intent to kill.” He was sentenced to fifteen years. His reason for the vicious attack: he [...]
Stories can change your life. This is a true one from a newspaper that changed mine. Part 1 of a 2-Part series. [NOTE: This blog contains a description of violence against a woman.] Yesterday when I mentioned former Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder in my blog, it reminded me of a story—one I had read over twenty [...]
Because of my giant China-sized bone to pick with the Google Guys over their theft of written works for digitizing purposes, it is with one hand tied behind my back that I applaud them for yanking their company out of China. Not only does it takes guts to stand up to the tyrannical Chinese government [...]
Mr. President: You have said MANY times in speeches how your terminally-ill Mother fought with her insurance company to do the right thing in her case right up until the end. You saw first hand the despicable and immoral treatment by this horrid industry toward its customers. And you felt first hand the helplessness of [...]
(The World According to Hugh MacLeod Series: Part 1- 3/20/10; this is Part 2; Part 3 coming soon.) I got a kick out this cartoon. So true. Here’s what Mr. MacLeod said about his drawing: “Success is a funny thing. We believe that all of our old friends will rejoice in our hard work and [...]
Yesterday, I heard your idiotic Health Care “Reform” Bill passed. Then I ran into the bathroom and puked. It’s the sickest I’ve been in decades. How ironic that health care legislation can make someone ill. Why is that? Because I don’t get sick (knock on wood!) and I refuse to support the GDBs (Greedy Demonic [...]
(Part 1 in a 3-part series.) As mentioned before, I like to keep lists—in my head. Gives me something to think about. I have had an evolving Dinner Party List for decades. This list consists of whom I’d like to invite to my house for a sit-down dinner. This list originally was developed when I [...]
One of my favorite teachers, Prof. Shakir Zahra, made a statement in a Strategic Management class that has stuck with me forever: “Business is about relationships.” Almost everyday I see examples how that statement is true/applicable/relevant/right on the money. I think if you understand that concept, you are on your way to business success. Why [...]
