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SETTING A HIGH BAR DOESN’T EQUATE WITH UNFAIR

SETTING A HIGH BAR DOESN’T EQUATE WITH UNFAIR

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The line between set­ting high stan­dards and bul­ly­ing is nigh on impos­si­ble to dis­cern in today’s hyper-sen­si­tive world. Since step­ping over it costs jobs and rep­u­ta­tions, I sug­gest those who would pass judge­ment con­sid­er this thought from the 1908 nov­el  “The Magi­cian” by W. Som­er­set Maugh­am: “It’s a fun­ny thing about life; if you refuse to accept any­thing but the best, you very often get it.”… Read the rest

The Once Great, Replaced

The Once Great, Replaced

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Some years ago, a cam­era­man gave me one of the tee shirts he’d sold as a side­line at a Repub­li­can con­ven­tion. The front read “Life in News”. On the back, in large type, was print­ed “BLAME IT ON THE MEDIA.” Del­e­gates, he told me, didn’t get the joke. Today, it’s in dan­ger of becom­ing less a joke than a jus­ti­fi­able truism.… Read the rest