Collecting My Thoughts

I just glanced at a quote by Ohio's John Kasich (former governor) that Biden wasn't a good communicator. Really? I understand him w...

When my children were toddlers, Phil Donahue was a local talk show personality in Dayton, Ohio, and I watched him everyday. If my friends ca...

Donna Butts is executive director of Generations United which according to her letter to President Obama in 2008 has 4 priority areas: ...

Librarians are bossy The younger, 2.0 librarians are quite proud that they don't "shush," can wear trendy clothes and tattoos...

3591 Can 83% of Americans be wrong? Yes. Someone surveyed Americans (don't know the source--I got it second hand from WSJ) and 83% sai...

The rhetoric of activism Whether you've marched in an anti-war protest or bombed a research lab, the rhetoric undergirding the action...

3398 Silly word choices An article on full body scans for skin cancer for female veterans I noticed this odd phrasing, "We found tha...

Several times I've written posts about the differences in writing style between men and women. Most of my examples come from the Wall St...