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Often, I need the thoughts of others to touch my perspective, to renew my spirit, to balance my focus. Sometimes I would like to send these words to others who in my limited observation appear to need them too, need them for the same reasons I do. So, I share
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Perspective is a very personal, unique part of ourselves. Perspective provides a wonderful motivation to make change but can also hinder our ability to change. Our perspectives change as we glean more information on a subject or become more “solid” as we become overloaded with too much information. The interdependence
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The Story… I remember sitting there in awe. Joe talked about how they went to San Francisco and the school was paying for it. They visited companies like Google and Apple. The group was Honors Cohort, a selective honors program in the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State
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They tell us we have two choices. One side tells us we have to embrace everything the Black Lives Matter/Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion/Social Justice movement represents, or we are racists. The other side says we have to reject everything the movement stands for, or we are socialists. Both
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Along the winding back roads of Kentucky you can find, nestled in the foothills of the Cumberland River Valley, a community of people who are a bit peculiar. A people so fully aware of the cares of this world, yet, they are so unencumbered by those same cares. They are
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Let me start with what this column is not. It is not a denial of climate change. Some people think that increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are an existential threat. Others believe there have been varying temperature levels throughout the earth’s history and there is nothing
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“Maybe later,” I thought to myself as a college professor recommended to my classmates and I that we all go see a mental health therapist at some point in our college careers, even if we hadn’t been through any major trauma in our lives. I also thought, “If I
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We’ve come to one of my fave times of the year! As is our annual Intramuralist practice, each year in late summer we creatively model one of our most deeply held beliefs… It is wise to listen to far more than self. I would not be who I am
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Allow me to introduce two good-natured friends of mine: Iggy and Swaggy… We’ve only known each other for a year or so, but we communicate regularly — weekly, in fact. And we have great conversations. We talk most frequently on the weekends, but sometimes during the week, too, when
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In 1992 Nat Hentoff penned a fascinating work. It was entitled “Free Speech for Me — but Not for Thee”… an interesting thought, indeed. “Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech.” That’s Amendment number one. What does the right to free speech actually mean? According to Cornell
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Great conversations this week, friends! I appreciate that we can talk respectfully about tough topics. I know it isn’t easy. It’d be easier to insult… denigrate… stop listening. It’d be easier to rest in our echo chambers, where only the cushioning of our unknowingly, already-padded perspective
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One of the headline questions we posed in our most recent blog was the following: “What Is Critical Race Theory, and Why Is Everyone Talking About It?” To be clear, “everyone” includes multiple news sources all over the biased political spectrum. For example… Critical Race Theory Is Patriotic, Not Anti-