Hardball Takes Over Public Life

At the beginning of the 21st century, reasoned discourse [is imperiled]. Reasoned discourse is increasingly giving way to in-your-face sound bites….Hardball ...

Why Girls Remain Virgins

Recent research published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, discovered that teenage girls who are close to their moms are more likely to stay virgins. ...

FBI Agent Denied Pizza Delivery

In 1993 FBI agents conducted a raid of Southwood psychiatric hospital in San Diego, which was under investigation for medical insurance fraud. After hours ...

Communication Clears Problems

In 1997, the Washington Capitals were one of the hottest hockey teams on ice, skating their way into the Stanley Cup finals. By the fall of 1999, they ...

First, Call Dad

While kayaking in southern England off the Isle of Wight, Mark Ashton-Smith, a 33-year-old lecturer at Cambridge University, capsized in treacherous waters. ...

"Remember the Titans": Attitude and Leadership

Based on a true story, Remember the Titans spotlights the character formation of those caught in the difficult transition of integrating T. C. Williams ...

Marriages Need Common Ground

"We were shocked to learn that 55 percent of all affairs begin at the office. The fact is, sharing goals pulls people together. Men and women grow ...

Miscommunication in Writing

My farmer husband Larry isn't a good bachelor. So whenever I'm gone over noon, I set the table and leave dinner in the oven. That was the case ...

Writers As Leaders

Writing is the handmaiden of leadership. Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill rode to glory on the back of a strong declarative sentence.

At Death, What Really Matters

In LeadershipJournal.net, Kevin Miller writes:

I watched a man die last night. Hospice Room 436 lay unusually quiet—except for labored breathing, ...