Tonight I spent an hour on live radio with Dr. Lisa Allen, with whom I spent a delightful hour a month ago talking about The Go-Giver. Tonight, though, we were talking about The Secret Language of Money. I got to talk about: why money is like food (hint: it should be...
Exactly one year ago, almost to the minute as I write this, Ana and I were being married. Yes, today is our first wedding anniversary — and as fate would have it, we are on opposite sides of the globe! It couldn’t be helped: Ana’s in Singapore speaking at an...
I don’t typically print other people’s reviews of my books in my blog. But for this one, an exception. In today’s edition of The Washington Times there is a wonderful review of A Deadly Misunderstanding by veteran foreign correspondent (and three-time Pulitzer...
Once a month I get a treat in my IN box: a link to the latest Q&A entries to The Chicago Manual of Style Online. You might not think answers to readers’ questions about grammar, syntax and formatting would be much fun. But they are. I spend $30 a year for my...
Would you rather live as the ant, or the grasshopper? Before we answer that question, perhaps we should question the question. We all grew up with this idea, that there are two ways to live. You can live like the good, modest, industrious and frugal ant, and sock away...
