All oral and written communication boils down to making some kind of statement or asking a question. I was surprised when I first...

Unlike other creatures on this planet, we humans are planners—both big and small plans. We can speak one or more fully-developed...

While “selective perception” can be a problem, it’s often very much of a necessity, because every day we’re all confronted with so much...

When I was a young man, I knew an old man who used to say, ‘The more I see of some people, the more I like my dog.’ Years later I learned...

Before recorded music, it was common for people to sing with others in public places, such as in a tavern or in a pub. Songs that were...

In Poor Richard’s Almanac, Benjamin Franklin wrote: “Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.” His point being that as a general...