by Mark O'Brien | Nov 24, 2015
Naïveté comes in all shapes and sizes. So does academic detachment. And so it is that we have a match-up of lightweights, who’ve now squared off three times in what’s come to be dubbed, The Rhetorical Rumble. For each bout, they enter the ring with...
by Mark O'Brien | Nov 16, 2015
If you read my ramblings with any regularity, you know I don’t believe in accidents: Everything that’s supposed to happen does happen. Everything that’s supposed to happen happens in its own time. And everything that happens happens for a reason....
by Mark O'Brien | Nov 4, 2015
I don’t know Steven J. Thompson. But I admire the man. All I know of him, so far, is that he published this post: “Leadership without Arson”. But because of that post, I know and admire these things about Mr. Thompson: He’s a realist. He...
by Mark O'Brien | Oct 29, 2015
I admit it: I’m an aggressive driver. Rendered as an exponential value, I’d be a Type A¹³. When I drive, it’s simply and strictly for the purpose of getting from Point A to Point B in the shortest possible time. I have neither understanding of nor...