Archive for 'Food for Thought'
A Life Without Left Turns
From a Wilton classmate who’s been kind enough to submit an occasional comment to this blog, Janet Wahrlich has submitted an interesting, well-written commentary by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Michael Gartner. It appeared in a June, 2006, edition of USA Today (I hope they continue to leave the page up…).
A one-time president of NBC […]
Posted: January 25th, 2011 under Passing Scene, Food for Thought.
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Ben Stein Speaks His Mind
[Forwarded by my daughter, Julie, 5-7-06. Ed. Apropos of the holiday season and the ongoing “culture war”…]
If they know of him at all, many folks think Ben Stein is just a quirky actor/comedian who talks in a monotone. He’s also a very intelligent attorney who knows how to put ideas and words together in such […]
Posted: December 9th, 2006 under Passing Scene, Food for Thought, Culture Wars.
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A Billion
[Forwarded by Bruce Wilson, 2-16-06]
The next time you hear someone in government, or big business, rather casually use a number that includes the word ‘billion’, think about the actual volume of a ‘billion’.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend.
One advertising agency did a rather good job of putting that figure into perspective in one […]
Posted: December 6th, 2006 under Food for Thought.
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We Might as Well Dance!
[Forwarded by Jacee McCluckie Fournier-Clark, 2-11-06]
[It’s] Now or Never!!!
Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they haven’t thought about it, don’t have it on their schedule, didn’t know it was coming or are too rigid to depart from their routine. I got to thinking one day about all those women […]
Posted: December 5th, 2006 under Food for Thought.
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