October 30, 2015 Communication
Ego sits on our head like one of those over-sized, furry hats worn by Russians on cold, winter days. It is warm, heavy and comforting, but sometimes, just sometimes, we need a strong gust of criticism to come along and…
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October 28, 2015 Marriage and Divorce
We can view marriage through two different prisms: It can be either a sacred coming-together of two people under God, or simply a mundane social-contract. The answer to the title-question is therefore dependent on which prism we looks through. Whatever…
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Visitors who arrive in Scotland with solid expectations of seeing streets full of brawny Scotsmen wearing kilts and wielding ferocious claymores will be sadly disappointed. The average Scotsman these days dresses no differently to the average New Yorker or Texan, though Stetsons are…
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August 28, 2014 Friends and Peers
Our ability to talk is what makes us human. We begin learning to talk almost as soon as we can crawl away from our crib. Talking comes so very naturally to us. Yet if we are young and unsure of…
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Progress is a wonderful thing. So many of life’s mysteries have been unraveled and laid bare; yet there are still some we find unfathomable. As far as teenage boys are concerned, chief among these is, without doubt, the mind of…
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December 12, 2013 Communication
The fact that you want people to think you’re smart suggests that you don’t think you ARE smart. Are you sure? Some people are smart without realizing it, just as some people are dumb without realizing it (a sizable number,…
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If you’re a teenage girl, you will know that boyfriends can be obedient creatures. They usually do what they’re told and happily put up with the rank injustice of being the gentler sex. You don’t want them to be too…
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