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Parallelism
20 Nov 2017
And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one [...]
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6 Nov 2017
George W. Bush once said that “We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile,” meaning, of course, to say hostage [...]
Read more Choose Your Words CarefullyList Making – Advantageous, Productive, and Easy
23 Oct 2017
My husband is planning a fishing trip, his favorite thing to do both in planning and then actually doing. I have been commandeered to accompany him after his best [...]
Read more List Making – Advantageous, Productive, and EasyWriting: A Gift or a Learned Skill?
9 Oct 2017
National Book Award for Fiction winner Robert Stone contends that “You can take undergraduates and guide them. You can tell them what works and what doesn’t. But [...]
Read more Writing: A Gift or a Learned Skill?Public Relations: A Valuable Addition to a Marketing Strategy
4 Oct 2017
A company with a product to sell or service to offer needs to let people know what it does and why it has something that the public wants or needs above the [...]
Read more Public Relations: A Valuable Addition to a Marketing StrategyDoofus of the Year Award
18 Sep 2017
My husband and I are vying for the Doofus of the Year award. We both got caught up in computer scams. In my case, I was trying to load the newest edition of [...]
Read more Doofus of the Year AwardHave You Got Style?
4 Sep 2017
In high school and college, even as an English major, when I wrote, I was blissfully ignorant of such things as style manuals like APA, MLA, Chicago Style, or AP. [...]
Read more Have You Got Style?The Guatemala Experience
21 Aug 2017
The building was shabby, and there were no obvious luxuries, but the children were happy, well-fed, and well-clothed. They instantly recognized that the visitor was [...]
Read more The Guatemala ExperienceTen Types of Fallacies Unmasked
7 Aug 2017
If Jennifer Anniston tells us that she uses Aveeno skin care products, the expectation is that if we use it, we, too, can be beautiful like her. When a politician [...]
Read more Ten Types of Fallacies UnmaskedMiddle-Aged Wanderlust, Part Two
24 Jul 2017
There is something about being on the open road with little idea of where you’ll sleep next, no notion of what will make you stop the car and get out, no polite [...]
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