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The most common and egregious of all leadership flaws

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 6, 2011
  • Post category:Critic
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I’ve seen it more often than I care to remember, and I saw it again last week: A leader complaining about the amount of time required from him or her…

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Read more about the article A new writer has taken the stage. Go forth and see what she has to say!

A new writer has taken the stage. Go forth and see what she has to say!

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 5, 2011
  • Post category:Appearances/Autobiography/Recommended Reading/Viewing
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Recently, I have begun using my author appearances as an opportunity to encourage people to write. I still talk about my books, tell amusing stories from my life, answer questions…

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Read more about the article It is perfectly acceptable to question a teacher’s judgment in the case of a serial killer.

It is perfectly acceptable to question a teacher’s judgment in the case of a serial killer.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 5, 2011
  • Post category:Books/Teaching
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During this past school year, my students spent a week reading graphic novels as an introduction to the genre. Among the many graphic novels that I have is a set…

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Read more about the article I see dead people. Occasionally. Usually in restaurants.

I see dead people. Occasionally. Usually in restaurants.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 4, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography

It’s always a little upsetting when I look across a restaurant and think I know the person sitting at a table, and then I realize that it can’t be the…

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Childhood hunger strikes fail to initiate change but perhaps define a life

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 4, 2011
  • Post category:Autobiography
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After listening to a story about summer camps on NPR, I found myself thinking back on my summers spent at Yawgoog Scout Reservation in Rockville, Rhode Island. They were by…

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Ominous automobiles and probable getaway cars

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 4, 2011
  • Post category:Quandry
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Have you ever noticed that every car parked outside a 7-11 looks like a getaway car? Perhaps it’s because I was once robbed at gunpoint, or perhaps it’s because I…

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Read more about the article A bunny and a super hero: A sordid tale of unlikely love

A bunny and a super hero: A sordid tale of unlikely love

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 3, 2011
  • Post category:Family
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Poor Mr. Bunny. Mrs. Bunny has tossed him out of the bed. And with no sofa to sleep on, he has been relegated to the floor. Wait. What’s this? Someone…

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Read more about the article A convergence of fabulousness

A convergence of fabulousness

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 3, 2011
  • Post category:Film
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Written by Jason Segel. Directed by James Bobin, the creator of Flight of the Conchords. Starring Segel and Amy Adams, and featuring, among others, Jack Black, Neil Patrick Harris, Zach…

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Read more about the article The ones who fell out of the back of the pickup trucks are dead.  Worse, they are forgotten.

The ones who fell out of the back of the pickup trucks are dead. Worse, they are forgotten.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 3, 2011
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Unfulfilled potential is difficult, if not impossible, to measure. Yet we ignore this fact almost constantly. I mentioned to someone that I need to buy a bike helmet for Clara now…

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Read more about the article Pretty and precious

Pretty and precious

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 2, 2011
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My daughter almost never smiles for the camera, so this photograph is both incredibly cute and remarkably rare. 

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