The subject of today’s post is perhaps one of the best examples of the truth of the adage “It’s not over till the fat lady sings.” Or, in...

The proverb says, “Records are made to be broken.” And some records resist for a long time all attempts to break them. When they do fall,...

Cesar was a real jack of all trades. He quickly got the nickname “Mr. Versatility.” How versatile was he? He was only the second major...

I’m referring to those narrow, vertical green signs along the shoulder called mile markers. Today, this post is sort of a mile marker for...

For the last 36 years (since my first article was published in 1981), I have been learning the art and craft of writing and the “tricks...

“Just because ‘everyone else’ is doing it doesn’t mean that you must do it, too!” Mother used to tell me when I was trying to convince...

“[E]ducation doesn’t depend on the latest technological gadgets or machinery or publications. Good teaching is not restricted by the...

For a number of years, every time my wife and I traveled to Florida to visit her parents, as we turned into their street, we passed an...

Good teaching is not restricted by the availability or unavailability of ready-made materials. It depends on having students who want to...

Granddaughters were at the top of that list of reasons, of course. Three of our six grandkids live in that area, our most recent addition...

Teaching is a noble calling. It is not easy. It is often underappreciated. Despite the wisecracks about teachers having a lot of paid...

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Combine the need to keep a secret with a growing forgetfulness in the secret-keeper, and you have a potential major problem. That was my...

Perhaps for almost as long as I’ve been reading, certainly as long as I’ve been writing professionally, I have been an avid collector of...

In a recent series of blog posts, I sketched the lives and contributions of some exemplars, men who were noted for character qualities...

All the hooplah began several months ago, and it has only grown ever since. And now the great moment is almost upon us. Monday is the big...

As thousands of students and teachers begin the classes of a new school year today (at least here in the South, at least many of the...

After having my wife at home all summer vacation, I’ve been going through withdrawal this week as she’s been attending teacher in-service...

For the past eight posts, I have focused attention on six men whom I have called exemplars. I offered summary biographies of J.C. Penney,...

Stone lived and taught what he and Napoleon Hill called success through a positive mental attitude (PMA), which closely resembled Dr....