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Opinion

Don’t fall into communication traps

Editorials and columns

Communication is the number one topic my clients identify as a problem area in their organizations. For the ones who don’t self-identify communication as a problem, when we dig in to improving their culture, we nearly always find that communication is one area they could work on to make ...

The tariffs aren’t helping

Editorials and columns

Ronald Reagan famously said that the most frightening words in the English language are: "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." U.S. manufacturers must know exactly what the Gipper meant. Donald Trump is a whole-heartedly pro-manufacturing president, and he's definitely here to ...

Put That Smile to Work, Mr. Mayor

Editorials and columns

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's smile carried him a long way toward being elected. And he used his affability again on Friday, turning the meeting he had requested with President Donald Trump into an Oval Office lovefest. Now it's time for the mayor-elect to employ the power of ...

The unsung hero of Rolling Thunder Mine

Editorials and columns

Steve Lipscomb was a son, a father, a husband, a Marine, a man of faith, and a coal miner. Ten days ago, Lipscomb and his crew encountered an unknown pocket of water when a "sudden and substantial" flood sent millions of gallons into the Rolling Thunder Mine. Lipscomb lived up to his life of ...

Hook-up culture is killing itself

Editorials and columns

Hook-up culture was once propagated to women and men as a way to live freely, independently, and in alignment with their own desires. However, what was once a liberating movement for young people has now become an infection that is rotting my generation from the inside out. As the ...

Mamdani could ease Trump’s return to New York

Editorials and columns

There's no mystery why Zohran Mamdani wanted to get along with Donald Trump. The president threatened New York City with funding cuts, deployment of federal forces and other unpleasantries if its voters elected the self-described democratic socialist as mayor. But why after calling Mamdani all ...