Back in the early 1990's, when I was living in Attleboro, Massachusetts, with my best friend, Bengi, in a home we affectionately called The Heavy Metal Playhouse, we engaged in…

Back in 2017, a judge in Hawaii ordered a defendant to write more than 140 “nice” things about his ex-girlfriend after he violated a protection order. “For every nasty thing…

I am admittedly a reluctant atheist, but having grown up in the Christian religion and having read the Bible cover-to-cover three times, I have some knowledge of the Christian faith.…

Perhaps you heard what Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff said about Donald Trump in a recent campaign speech: “While the sailors on the Lincoln fight his war, while he fruitlessly drains…

September approaches. Teachers return to work. College students leave home. Perhaps you're starting a new project at your firm or hiring a new team. For many, many more meetings and…

If you're in the Connecticut area or love traveling to bucolic locations with great restaurants but limited attractions, here is our fall schedule of Speak Up events. Come out and…

I have always thought that the continent of Antarctica looked like this: Then I learned this week that Antarctica isn't at all what I've always envisioned. Beneath the ice that…

Someone recently told me: “If you’re going to have a difficult life, it might as well be childhood, since it’s so short.” I disagree. Wholeheartedly. I think it was a…

My former roommate and friend, Tom Landry, died yesterday. He was 57 years old. I met Tom while working at the McDonald's in Milford, Massachusetts, in 1987. I was a…

One of my clients was leaving for the airport on her way to a speech I had helped her craft. As she was leaving, she said, "Wish me luck!" I…