What Am I Doing in Grad School?
I suspect this is a question I will ask myself from time to time over the next several years.…
It’s Nothing Personal. It’s Just Business.
Otto Berman was, by all accounts, a brilliant mathematician. His early work as an accountant catapulted him to unprecedented…
What if the Hokey Pokey Really Is What It’s All About?
I’ve performed the hokey pokey in about half a dozen countries, with Mongolian guides in the Gobi desert and…
The Sociopath at the Top
Some salacious news hit my hometown a few days ago. Our relatively new and presumably high-performing public school superintendent…
Pushing My Buttons
I’ve been traveling with Cross Cultural Journeys for over 15 years now. It started with a life-changing walk across…
Mother’s Day Redux
I posted this piece last year as we neared Mother’s Day. I was still living in the jungles of…
Employee Appreciation Day
I used to have employees of the two-legged variety–and many of them remain good friends to this day. Nowadays,…
The Easiest Valentine You’ll Ever Send
It’s upon us—that annual event that sends us in panic to the store, wondering how we’ll survive it all.…
White Rose Love
My time at Wake Forest was transformational. In four short years, I learned how to balance a checkbook, footnote…