How a watermelon and patience, changed my life

August 11, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver An East Coast university journalism professor, “Cynthia,” phoned and had a unique request. “Dennis, I use your articles in my classes. Both I and my students want to know more about your personal life, and especially about your...

Telling the stinky truth slowly

July 28, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver My paralegal, Anne, buzzed me: “You have Mike on the line who just got fired from his job as an auto mechanic and adamantly claims that he did nothing wrong. He is very upset.” – Put him through. “So, Mike, what happened?” “Well,...

Thank you. You’re welcome!

July 21, 2023 • By Dennis Beaver It is so interesting how a sentence or two in an article has the power to open the flood gates of reader comments. And that’s what happened after “Why pressuring employees (with regard to charitable giving) can backfire”...