Day: March 16, 2004

Following the Leader

With the proliferation of books today on the subject of leadership, it’s no wonder that some of us feel overwhelmed and confused by all the

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Beirut Challenge

“Call Lewis Scudder,” the late-April memo read. He “says he has a really neat idea” to share with you. My dear friend lives in Limassol,

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John J. Timmerman: 1908-2004

John J. Timmerman was a father, grandfather, great-grandfather, friend, a teacher’s teacher, a master stylist, a fine literary critic, a good and fair-minded chairman, a

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God and On-Star

Marvel once again at the ingenuity of the television and radio commercial writers. You’ve heard the General Motors On-Star ads. A woman is in her

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The Sound of Silence

Now that The Passion of the Christ is playing in the theaters, we can reflect a moment on how it played in the culture prior

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Airplanes and Embryos

Sometimes, when I’m strapped in my seat, a strange body close on either side of me, two hundred of us altogether packaged like eggs in

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