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QotD: Types of Criticism

The worst criticism
seeks to have the last word
and leave the rest of us in silence;
the best opens up an exchange
that need never end.

--Critic Rebecca Solnit, quoted in Brainpickings.org
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Posts from This Journal “communication” Tag

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  • The Uglification of Public Life

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  • Trump's Mudras

    As you may know, I am a student of body language, aka nonverbal communication. I've been fascinated by Trump's use of certain gestures, and this…

  • QotD: How Tyranny Begins

    A president intent on developing a base of enthusiastic supporters who believe bald-faced lies poses a clear threat to American democracy.…

  • QotD: Greenspan

    "If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said." --Alan Greenspan, quoted in Reason.com

  • The "Not" Face

    As a student of nonverbal communication, I'm always fascinated when a new tidbit comes along. It appears that there is one more universal…

  • Late to discover Groundhog Day

    How did I live to be 50 before I watched this classic movie? Bill Murray plays a sunovabitch who because of a glitch in time learns to be a decent…

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