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My student, the color drained from his face, explained that a blood feud had just begun that would continue for generations. I had been teaching an MBA class when this student — a Kurd from Turkey — received an emergency phone call from home. In his village, police had responded to one neighbor’s complaint that
READ MOREThere is an area of the Atlantic Ocean, called the Bermuda Triangle, within which ships and aircraft vanish without a trace. When it comes to transgenderism all reason and logic disappears within what we might call the Gender Triangle. The Gender Triangle is that area enclosed by the relationships between three distinct models of gender—the
READ MOREIt is common to hear people talk about the huge expense of raising children. Yet, most figures reported about how much it costs to raise a child are based on what parents actually spend, not what children actually need – which is a pretty big distinction. We all know that a reliance on ‘things’ won’t
READ MOREMy father came to the United States in the 1950s under the Bracero Program, worked multiple jobs for most of his life, bought a home in Southern California, and put his two children through school. Though we never had the conversation, I can imagine his surprise at hearing that the expensive education he afforded his
READ MORE‘Tis the season when every big organization and company in town rolls out the main message it wants to convey to Americans on Super Bowl Sunday. This year is no exception, particularly for the Audi car company. According to reports, the Audi commercial of a father and his car-racing daughter sends a strong message of
READ MOREMaking the rounds recently was a story out of Colorado Springs about the discriminatory nature of the police fitness test. From CBS Denver: “Last Friday the Colorado Springs Police Department agreed to the demands of 12 female officers who filed a civil suit claiming the fitness tests are discriminatory. All the officers were over the
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