Did you know that someone proposed a new “Alphabet Song”? One that rids us of the famed LMNOP (read “ellemenopee”) in favor of each letter getting its shine in the song. Of the few things that brought me joy this 2020, watching people on social...
It started with a statement: “I feel offended by men referring to women as females.” What transpired was a cavalcade of feelings, opinions, and “facts”. On a random afternoon where I needed to procrastinate, a Facebook group thread started with...
It is time to dismantle the meritocracy. At least when it is served up as an exemplar of a clear, transparent, and flawless system for weighing and defining value and worth. Because true meritocracy is a myth. Sure, it feels good to say. We should reward merit — good...
In the fable of the tortoise and the hare, we see the patient, consistent, tortoise wins a race against the faster hare. Literally, the tortoise caught the hare sleeping. And while we can debate whether this fable could actually net out to be true in the real world...