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Category Archives: Language

Bamboozled By Babble, redux

Tuesday, 2:47pm Reno, NV “Don’t let me be misunderstood.” (The Animals, #15 on Billboard, 1965) Howdy… I’ve resurrected another gem from the archives… just because it’s so freakin’ good. Many of the lessons I try to deliver in this blog need to be delivered over and over (the only guaranteed way to finally learn anything

How To Win An Argument In 3 Easy Steps

Tuesday, 2:57pm Reno, NV “Mongo just pawn in game of life.” (Blazing Saddles.) Howdy… Recently, I published a series of posts on Facebook under the theme “How To Win An Argument”. Over the week it ran, there was a vast and animated flurry of comment and interaction — the posts hit a nerve. Fortunately, because

How To Critical Think, Redux

Saturday, 2:33pm Reno, NV “When I look back on all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all…” (Paul Simon, “Kodachrome”) Howdy. As I was writing a new article to post here, I used a term I invented: “Critical Think”. It’s not all that original, as ground-breaking terms