Archive for May, 2010
Bob Stains, vice president of the Public Conversations Project, was interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio this week about this group’s work promoting understanding among people who vehemently disagree over political and other issues.
It’s tough work, even when you feel commitment to try. But the rewards are surprising and lasting.
It was so much fun to watch Betty White show off her craft this week on Saturday Night Live. The show has been so lackluster lately, but this 88 1/2-year old comedienne livened it up.
While searching for pictures to use for a presentation at the New Britain Public Library, my hometown library in Connecticut in June, I came across this:
Beth and I published “The Good Girl’s Guide to Negotiating” in 2001 — and apparently the advice continues to spread across the globe. The foreign covers are always great!

Good Girl's Guide to Negotiating in Polish
