Scientific and technical presentations:  Wise Whys

Scientific and technical presentations: Wise Whys

Jun. 4, 2013 by

My aunt and uncle just moved into a retirement community in New Hampshire. Going through their books, they found one my grandfather had given to my mother. The book is Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling.  “To Nancy, from Daddy,

A movement becomes a racket

A movement becomes a racket

May. 21, 2013 by

Matt Latimer, a Republican speech writer for Bush and Rumsfeld, has written a very entertaining book called Speech*Less. In it, he chronicles his misadventures as an idealist in a palace of racketeers. Here he is describing the 2008 campaign from

Rehearsed vs. extemporaneous speaking

Rehearsed vs. extemporaneous speaking

May. 7, 2013 by

A few years ago I attended my aunt’s memorial service, where anyone was invited to say a few words.  I felt the need to tell a quick story that would remind everyone about her contagious enthusiasm for birds.  No matter