FACT VERSUS OPINION– CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

A key component to critical thinking determining the difference between fact and opinion.  A fact is a thing that is known to be true, to exist, or to have occurred.  A view about a particular issue is an opinion, which is not always true. Sounds easy to distinguish,...

30 YEARS UP IN FLAMES

Early Thursday morning my husband and I watched 30 years of my life go up in flames.  It took me several days to amass the huge pile of investigative files, training materials, client documents, tax returns, and other papers I was reluctant to recycle.  As I cleaned,...

DEATH AND CHANGE

Benjamin Franklin said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”  However, in today’s fast-paced environment, change is a given, and it is happening at an increasingly rapid rate. Dorothy Vaughan, acting supervisor of a group of...

DIVERSITY IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY

On Martin Luther King Day it is fitting that we reflect on the power diversity has to make America a force to be reckoned with.  When we limit the participation of any group we don’t have the best and brightest working on our pressing problems.  The movie, Hidden...

WHAT CUBANS KNOW ABOUT THE OUTSIDE WORLD

  Cubans know quite a bit!    According to Havana University professor Dr. Jorge G. Arocha, 31% of the population is online at Wi-Fi hot spots set up by the government in 2015. Seeing Cubans huddled in parks or outside government-run buildings staring at smart phones...

2017 RESOLUTIONS

Experts say that for you to be more successful at keeping your new year’s resolutions you should be realistic and talk about them.  So this year I’m taking losing weight off the table. Instead I’ve chosen the following: Be positive. Give back. Learn new things. Write...
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