Here’s a word for you: “Weltanschauung.” If it’s anywhere near as difficult to pronounce as it is to type, it is a word I shall never speak. Heck, even the writing part was dicey enough. Anyway, this German word was used by Carl Jung, the Swiss doctor, who...

Last week I spotted a light through the windshield. It was a sight that catches me by surprise every year when it comes around again. It was Capella, the bright star that’s rising in the northeast nowadays. It’s back. Which means that another year has just about...

The following column was in the works for a pre-Halloween run last week. Then Typhoon Yutu stomped onto the scene. I hope that you and your family are faring well during the challenges of the aftermath. Even though Halloween is over, I’m going to run last week’s scheduled column...

I’m a bit of a curmudgeon about business buzzwords and buzz-phrases, but I’ll offer three phrases that seem pretty solid to me: 1) Management by Wandering Around M.B.W.A. used to be in vogue in the corporate world. Its fashionability might have faded a bit in more...