Words can shape perceptions, but facts are facts I was persuaded to use the phrase “climate change” about a decade ago, when a presenter at a conference I was organizing said she preferred it to...
Food has a language all its own As a writer, when I think of communications I most often think of the written word. I might think, too, of photographs, videos, speeches and Twitter feeds. What I...
Where’s the beef? In no danger from Biden’s climate plan If you get your information from Fox News or other right wing sites, you might be stocking up on hamburger and steaks about now. You’re...
Don’t suffocate inside your COVID bubble My husband and I recently gathered with friends for a socially distant dinner on their back porch. These occasions, routine in our pre-COVID lives, have...
Looking for truth in all the wrong places Labor Day once marked the beginning of the political season, eight weeks prior to Election Day in November. It was when vacations ended, the kids returned...
Get the best out of brainstorming One of the best things my partner and I do is brainstorm together. We put some music on, get coffee brewing and go to work. One of us stands at the whiteboard, the...