A modern marketing fable Johnny Krackenstein is drifting down the hall, ducking into one office after another. He prides himself on “management by walking around,” and he walks around way more than he should, for my taste. …

The Path to “Salvation” Isn’t as Straight and Narrow as So Much of the Church Seems to Believe — This essay is in response to the “Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot?” writing prompt from Our Human Family. Like many people, I’ve been struggling for several years with what the church has come to represent to so much of the world — rigid, judgmental, intellectually barren, heartless, and clannish. …

The difference between a worker and a senior executive all boils down to who gets to ask the questions. Workers are paid to deliver answers, and executives are paid to ask questions. They have to be the right questions, of course. Good questions help an organization set a course for…

The time I went on a date with Ryan … and his date It’s March in Phoenix. I’m shoehorned into a row of folding chairs in center left at Chase Field, looking up at a Jumbotron, watching Billy Joel’s hands glide effortlessly across his keyboard. …

Will we side with truth, reason, democracy, and the rule of law or authoritarianism and the exercise of raw power? There’s a reason the Jewish people tell us never to forget the Holocaust. They know how swiftly poison can spread. Only twelve years passed between the passage of Germany’s first…

We may scoff at the ability of the federal government to forge meaningful immigration policies. But if not the government, then who? Recently, I wrote a piece maintaining the federal government is not the problem Republicans claim it is. …

Republicans want you to believe government is a cauldron of incompetence. It’s never been true, and it’s not true now. Since President Biden took office, Republicans have been quick to resurrect that old saw, “Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” Biden seems determined to…

Make them fear us in the primaries As the second impeachment trial of ex-president Donald Trump unfolds, it seems inevitable that the threshold to convict, 67 votes in the U.S. Senate, will not be reached. …

Head back once the pandemic clears, and you’ll find competence and compassion among the nation’s young people — I’m an advocate of lifelong learning. I think it’s important to stay engaged in society, to keep your mind active, and to make sure you’re growing as a human being, no matter how old you are. About a year and a half ago, I decided to go back to school…