News For, By and About People
By Robert Pagliarini,
Tribune Media Services
If you are introverted or are just uncomfortable talking about yourself, what you’re good at, or what you’ve accomplished, I want you to read this week’s column carefully. In order to get a job, start a business, make more money or even form deeper connections, you must be able to talk about yourself effectively.
By Bill Castanier
I spent the last week trying to figure out if the new biography of Malcolm X breaks any new ground. My conclusion was: very little and most of the purported new and controversial information is hogwash which I expected will be proved out when the original annotated manuscript is published in an e-book format by Detroiter Gregory Reed who owns that document outright. In the annals of publishing this is a big deal and you can expect quite a bit of controversy.
Dr. Robert C. Robinson III, MD
“Dad just doesn’t seem to be himself lately. Yesterday when I was visiting with him he called me by your name and insisted that mom was in the house with us. Mom has been dead for 15 years now! I’m starting to become worried.
By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Media Services
Q. People in my industry are starting to believe we’re coming out of the recession, but everyone at my job is still expected to do more with less. We laid off people, cut budgets, and reduced our resources. I’m exhausted! How can I cope with this job stress until the economy rebounds?
By Mark Miller
Tribune Media Services
Higher prices at the gas pump and the grocery store have provided a reminder of an economic threat that hasn’t been front and center for most of us for quite a while: inflation.
By Librarian Julie C.
On NBC’s TV series of that name, a variety of different celebrities consider this question as they seek answers to family history questions. When I first heard of the show, I was skeptical.
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
President Obama made a wise decision in choosing not to make public photos of bin Laden’s body.
A Community Conversation on Redistricting will be held at the Radisson Hotel in Lansing on Tuesday, May 10, from 2:00-3:15 pm.