It is hard to believe that I have been doing “First with Kids” for almost 29 years — but how time flies when you are having fun and trying to make a difference. This week is my 1,500th column! To commemorate this milestone, rather than focus on one topic, I thought I would count ...
To the editor: “Field of Dreams” was a movie. The belief that recruitment and retention require a new building is simply false. “If we build it, they will come” only works when people are being pulled by purpose — because purpose shapes core beliefs, and core beliefs create ...
To the editor: A recent survey from the Prevent Cancer Foundation found that one out of three women who are behind on at least one routine cancer screening would only go if they were feeling signs or symptoms of disease. The trouble is that many cancers don’t have symptoms in the early ...
Joe Mercurio is soft-spoken. He will wait for you to finish speaking before taking his turn, pausing a few beats longer in case a dangling thought purls out of you. My introduction to Joe might look odd on the surface, but it couldn’t be more basic — it was as simple as one person reaching ...
I’ve always enjoyed studying logic as a game of sorts. Proof that I’ve never been serious about it is how I’ve lived my life. It’s like me and sea stories: From an early age, I’ve loved reading about ships on the bounding main ... but not enough to want to actually BE on one. If ...
To the editor: I’m addressing this letter to my neighbors who voted for Donald Trump last November. I assume you did so because you believed that he recognized the challenges you — we — face regarding being able to maintain a roof over our heads, feed ourselves and our loved ones ...