On communication, professional and otherwise.
by David Murray // 1 Comment
Boringly, citizens of the world object to the U.S. president's provincial but politically mandatory speech-closing prayer, "May God bless the United States of America."
Here's how the Dalai Lama closed out a March 10 speech in Dharamsala, India:
"Finally, I offer prayers for the happiness and well-being of all sentient beings."
He's a Big-Tent Tibetan.
by David Murray // 5 Comments
I don't like that my friends and enemies alike can now easily check to see how much traffic I have to my blog.
What are they going to have access to next, my actual self-esteem levels? Ooh, for some reason you're way down since January …
It's like your bank account: You don't want people knowing how empty it is, or how full.
Is there any way in Holtz to protect this information?
by David Murray // 9 Comments
Writing Boot-istas will recall that last month, I grouched and snarled about our family's struggles to deal with an imbecilic Black History Month assignment for kindergartener Scout.
But an assignment's an assignment, and at some point, you got to stop bitching and start communicating. Right?
After some delicate prep work, we traveled to the Jesse Owens' grave in Chicago and then interviewed Scout at a soul food joint.
Her teacher cried—and we survived.