by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jan 2, 2019
He projected “an aura strong enough to penetrate the farthest corner of any room he entered.” He was Continental Army commander George Washington. The time was the winter of 1777-1778 as described in the new book, Valley Forge by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. It was...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jan 2, 2019
Trade tensions, political divisions, and global economic slowdowns are fraying nerves these days. Even if you’re calm about it, business news reports are determined to make you anxious. In just one recent article on a day the stock market declined, I read a...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Dec 29, 2018
Winston Churchill delivered five million words in his public speeches. In the New York Times bestseller, Churchill: Walking with Destiny, author Andrew Roberts says Churchill’s rhetorical skills were the key to winning people’s hearts. Although Churchill had become...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Dec 28, 2018
When Richard Branson’s company, Virgin Galactic, launched a vehicle known as the SpaceShipTwo this week that touched the edge of space, it marked a milestone for the future of the commercial space industry. It was the first time that a crewed spaceship, built to...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Dec 28, 2018
In the time it takes you to read this article, about three hundred people will have risen out of extreme poverty, and it’s been happening for the past 25 years. You won’t hear about it on the news or see it celebrated across social media. And yet,...
