by Jim Stitzel | Feb 24, 2006 | General
I’ve enjoyed reading “The Banana Republican”:http://thebananarepublican.blogspot.com. Every single one of his entries is short yet extremely intellectually stimulating. Naturally, most of the thoughts expressed there are based on certain assumptions...
by Jim Stitzel | Dec 29, 2005 | General
One of the things that I think I find most irritating is when people make the assumption that, just because you hold a different viewpoint than them, you 1) must be mis- or underinformed; 2) must be spouting the standard ‘party’ line; and 3) must be unable...
by Jim Stitzel | Jul 9, 2005 | General
The older I get and the more experience I receive in this world, the more I find that I cannot adequately or consistently predict the behavior of other people. My own viewpoint, my own knowledge, and my own experience that I have gleaned over the years are far too...
by Jim Stitzel | May 18, 2005 | General
Communication seems to be something of a lost art these days. I find that when communication breaks down, the cause is either that someone simply failed to communicate or that someone didn’t quite know how to communicate. The solution to the first cause is...
by Jim Stitzel | May 3, 2005 | General
Seen on a bumper sticker on the way home this evening: bq. “The mind is like a parachute-It only works when it is open.” I find it interesting that the general assumption is that a person is either open-minded or close-minded. It’s like you have to...
