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There are complaints that it's hard to remember what you can say and what you can't, which words are 'in' for certain groups and which words are not.….
Life seems somehow less shocking, painful, and lonely - and more hopeful, agreeable, and beautiful - when our experiences are confirmed by those of o….
Although an impressive amount of business and social interaction takes place over the telephone and fax, by e-mail, or in person today, the well-writ….
Language doesn't belong to grammarians, linguists, wordsmiths, writers, or editors. It belongs to the people who use it. It goes where people want it….
if there's one thing consistent about language it is that it is constantly changing. The only languages that do not change are those whose speakers a….
Money is a mystery. Not only is our behavior with respect to money sometimes puzzling and erratic, but our feelings about money are often contradicto….
Language both reflects and shapes society. Culture shapes language and then language shapes culture. Little wonder that the words we use to talk to e….
Warped with satisfactions and terrors, woofed with too many ambiguities and too few certainties, life can be lived best not when we have the answers ….
Money is always on its way somewhere; we are only a way station. What we do with it while it's in our keeping will say much about us - as will the di….
Money is a response. We use it to express our social values, our gratitude, our appreciation, our pleasure, our support. Money gives us the ability t….
At the heart of good education are those gifted, hardworking, and memorable teachers whose inspiration kindles fires that never quite go out, whose r….
Eliminate irrelevant and inaccurate comunications about what it means to be male or female, black or white, young or old, rich or poor, disabled or t….
We can go for days, weeks, and even months without saying or thinking the word 'education.' And yet, day in and day out, we are educating others and ….
Although we have not assigned God a sexual orientation, a height, or eye color, we have thought nothing of assigning a gender and a religion (God alw….
Absolute freedom doesn't exist and never did. Just as we don't spit on the floor at work, swear at customers, or send out letters full of misspelling….
Cutting edges are always a little rough..