Category: Essays

And the journey begins, when you hear newscasters saying they’ll be back in a moment, after a few words from their sponsors…

I became a teacher because I find it inspiring to be around children who are constantly “freedom dreaming” — imagining and believing in a different world…

When steaks, cheeses, wines, and such, age, they’re supposed to be really good. With age, people may become wiser and, perhaps, more patient, more understanding…

Speaking of messaging, there’s been so much of it about the COVID delta variant, and various other disturbing current events…

Around the San Francisco Bay Area, that happens quite often…

The stadium tours will feature O’Reilly’s “conversations with Trump”… which “will not be boring,” said O’Reilly…

Just because pro athletes excel, under pressure, at various sports, doesn’t guarantee they’ll excel at doing live TV and radio interviews…

“After threatening for weeks to send opponent Dustin Poirier out of the cage on a stretcher, it was McGregor who needed assistance to leave the cage Saturday…”

God knows how many press releases, PR plans, briefing papers, speeches, and so forth, I’d written…

My civics students taught me how to honor an imperfect country on the Fourth of July…

Have you said anything inappropriate? Have you ever asked your device to make funny sounds, like certain noises and such, if you know what I mean?

The day after surgery I was greeted by the nurse I nicknamed “the drill instructor”…

The problem was a sort of mismatch, where the consultants’ perception of whatever they were called upon to weigh in on, and the reality of the business, didn’t quite match up…

But on another Supreme Court ruling, its recent decision against the NCAA, we would totally agree…

To me, she was viewing the world with amazement, through her camera, similar to when a child sees the world the first time…

My oldest son, growing up, wrote stories every free moment he had. He has wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember…