by Mark O'Brien | Apr 28, 2015
There’s a difference between melting and dissolution, as witnessed in the contrast between America’s former glory as the world’s Melting Pot — and today’s inglorious reality of cultural conflict, class friction, and political palaver about...
by Mark O'Brien | Apr 27, 2015
A recent article reminds us what an unimaginably unfair place the world is — “A global wine shortage could soon be upon us” — its message of dread and foreboding including this catastrophic information: Last year, global supply for wine already barely...
by Mark O'Brien | Apr 24, 2015
idiom: noun — an expression, the meaning of which is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements My recent post about malaprops had me thinking about idiomatic expressions. One, in particular, has stuck with me because of its pertinence to the...
by Mark O'Brien | Apr 23, 2015
Am I the only one who’s starting to question the editorial decision-making at Inc.? I’m quite sure they’re lovely people. But you have to wonder when you find things like “The 1 Work Hack That Will Save You 900 Hours a Year”: During every...
by Mark O'Brien | Apr 22, 2015
The image above has been making the rounds in various web media for a while — LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, et al. In the interest of giving proper credit for the image, I searched for attribution for its creator and could find none. Nevertheless, I use it here to...
by Mark O'Brien | Apr 20, 2015
Anybody who notices unpleasant facts in the have-a-nice-day world we live in is going to be designated a curmudgeon. (Paul Fussell, 1924-2012) I live in fear of becoming a curmudgeon. I think it’s because I prefer facts to fabrications. In that regard, I...
