by Artie Isaac | Dec 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Want a dose of Net Cotton Content Live? Two opportunities: Today……at the Columbus Metropolitan Club. Here’s the topic they gave me: The Demise of Polite Conversation: Is Communication on the Brink? Happily, it’s a yes or no question. So I can...
by Artie Isaac | Nov 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
When, Where, HowI hope you will join us:Thursday, December 10th, 8 p.m.Friday, December 11th, 8 p.m.Saturday, December 12th, 8 p.m.Sunday, December 13th, 2 p.m., matinee The Van Fleet Theater (190 seats)Columbus Performing Arts Center549 Franklin Avenue, downtown...
by Artie Isaac | Oct 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A friend has invited me into his organization to elevate awareness of the ethics of speech. “We don’t have a specific challenge,” he says. “Except, of course, we’re all human, and that’s always a challenge. At work, we handle highly...
by Artie Isaac | Oct 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
So, how do you want to die? I mean, really: very few of us die old in bed, surrounded by our loved ones. That's the Hollywood ideal, but we can't all order that up. As the old (terrible) joke goes:I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather. Not...
by Artie Isaac | Sep 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
Everyone read William Safire's obituary by Robert D. McFadden in yesterday's Times. It was a piece Safire would have approved. Two of many gems:On Safire's long-running "On Language" series:There were columns on blogosphere blargon,...
by Artie Isaac | Sep 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
Thanks to John H. for sending me to The Economist for this grim item.Our founding fathers would be so disappointed. They were so creative. (Sure, they had their own faults. Keeping slaves is immeasurably worse than watching too much television. I know that.)But here...
