by Morning Reflections | May 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
Critics called it the most expensive home movie ever made.In order to promote the release of his new album, John Lennon and wife Yoko Ono collaborated in 1971 on the filming of an 81-minute “rockumentary.” The film opens with John and Yoko strolling through a...
by Morning Reflections | May 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Who would have dreamed that the marriage of an excommunicated monk and a runaway nun would lead to the most admired expression of family life in northern Europe over the past 500 years?The monk was Martin Luther, the man who almost singlehandedly launched the...
by Morning Reflections | Apr 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
So, is it worth ten bucks to break the habit of making destructive comments about other people?Marshall Goldsmith thought so. Which is why he chose to put his money where his mouth had gone all too often. Verbal put-downs and destructive witticisms aren’t...
by Morning Reflections | Apr 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
“I shall return.”Those three words are almost certainly the most memorable utterance of any military leader in American history.That’s because an entire nation was inspired by them during some of the darkest hours of World War II.A day after bombing the U.S. fleet at...
by Morning Reflections | Apr 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Few people have come to know the inner workings of Capitol Hill as intimately as the late journalist and bestselling author Cokie Roberts.Both her parents served the state of Louisiana as Congressional representatives – her mother succeeding her father after his...
