Tag Archives: 2016 Election

The Day After America’s Brexit


“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.” ― Winston S. Churchill “United we stand, divided we fall.” Aesop “With malice toward none, with charity for all…let us bind up the nation’s wounds, and cherish a … Continue reading

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More than Just Words – Words Matter


“We are Masters of our unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.”                   Winston Churchill “Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.”     Joel Osteen … Continue reading

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Shall We Listen to the Mockingbird?


When I first got to North Carolina, I was invited to dinner at a colleague’s home.  As we sat on her tree-lined patio at dusk, the lilting song of a bird rose over our heads. In New York, I had … Continue reading

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