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Before Thanksgiving, the Chinese government announced that it had confirmed the first three cases of bird flu in people. This announcement came as quite a surprise. But not for the reason you might expect. The advent of bird flu in ...

Giving lawyers advice about how to write a persuasive legal argument may strike some as a particularly poor use of time, but not me. I may not have learned much as the parent of two teenagers who ignore their father’s ...

In argument, style is the form into which you put the content of your ideas, the manner in which you convey the substance of your case. An appealing courtroom style may come more naturally for some than for others. Nevertheless, ...

Several years ago I graduated from my trusted Olympus 35mm and purchased a 2.1 megapixel digital camera. What a difference! No trips to the drug store for developing – although getting a quality print still required a trip. No wait ...

Professional practices are primarily service businesses and do not usually offer a tangible product. Thus, their primary assets revolve around people. This also means that their most valuable assets are intangible in nature. In addition, unlike other service businesses, professional ...

My family likes trivia games. While I can usually hold my own in games of words and strategy, trivia is not something I try to remember. That’s why they call it trivia, after all! All the same, here is a ...

On December 3, 2005, I hosted our neighborhood Ladies’ Annual Christmas Party. For fourteen years the tradition has been for the ladies to meet at one of the homes in our subdivision, go to dinner at a nice restaurant, and ...

We are almost at the end of our discussion with regard to the fourth area of the five areas that make up every business in the world which is the area of “billing.” As you know, the other four areas ...

Consumers with a fixed income will quickly learn that even mild inflation can take them off track. While current inflation rates are nowhere near the 1970’s or other times of extreme inflation, retirees today, for numerous reasons, may be even ...

There’s a scientific principle called Ockham’s Razor that goes something like this: “One should not increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.” In other words, if you have a working explanation for something, don’t ...

Among all the tools at the disposal of business executives, there is one that keeps on giving and never gets old or outdated. It is an instantaneous door to get out of the box. It is guaranteed to improve one’s ...