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Maybe most remarkable about the term “the market,” is the incredible variety of ideas it invokes.The market, at its most mundane, conjures an image of a…
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The word “product” is shifting.One of my brothers overheard the following at a big-box retailer the other day: “We have various safety devices to keep…
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At one time, the word granular was almost always reserved for something physical or technical, for example, as a measure of the resolution of a…
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The word “drama” has recently gained a new definition.Referring to a wide variety of interpersonal conflicts, the new drama reveals more about these…
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As 2013 fades into memory, along with it will probably fade the word “twerk.”Why bring it up now, you ask, just when we thought we could free ourselves…
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Those of us tuned in to social media have probably run across someone using a term like “because science” to explain something factual or amazing or…
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Journalists and bloggers, teachers and everybody on Facebook love to use the phrase “studies show.”I love it, too.“Studies show” tickles the part of us…
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The word “freedom” is both dear to the American heart and almost never well defined.Politicians love to line up their favorite issues behind freedom's…
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I have learned to avoid the word “problem.”Today, we prefer terms like “challenges,” and “opportunities,” perhaps “concerns” if the situation is really…
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What passes for political analysis these days is often really just opinion.The relatively low standards for evidence required of pundits has already been…