The spirit of Christmas loses luster at times. Family pressures overtake us. Economics burden us. Unfathomable events sink us. Even in challenging times, a Christmas moment catches us off guard, bringing a smile of a…Read More
Tag Archives | Civility
The Importance of Questions in Conversations
There is an odd thing happening in conversations. When you meet someone new, the conversation is lopsided with only one person asking questions of the other. When an acquaintance or colleague is done answering the…Read More
Spite or Solve: A Choice
Arguments happen every day. Heated conversations take place all the time. Disagreements come into light between honorable people. Life is contentious at times. What do we do? Do we fight to the bitter end? Do…Read More
How to Stop Bullying?
Over a year ago, I wrote a post entitled Are We an After-the-Fact Society? This was when the Phoebe Prince tragedy happened – she was continuously bullied by a group of teens until she took…Read More
Why I Joined the No Labels Movement
No Labels is a citizen movement to hold public officials accountable in holding civil debates in solving our nation’s challenges ahead. Join No Labels.
Are there Unshakeable Hands?
Recently, there have been several handshake controversies. From politics to sports, handshake snubs have happened as well as angry ones, all used to demonstrate some point. What has happened is, though, is a lack of sportsmanship and a shift of attention to the person doing the snub and showing the anger. What do you think is the better leadership habit to show? Shake hands or not?
On Being Civil, Tolerant
Today, NPR terminated Juan Williams because of his comments on the The O’Reilly Factor. In our eagerness to make a statement about tolerance, we seem to have become intolerant. We need to be more civil in our debates.
