This was Black Friday? Just like the proverbial Old Gray Mare, it apparently ain’t what it used to be. When I was working as a business reporter earlier in the century, I was out before dawn on the morning after Thanksgiving, watching massive crowds battle for bargains. In some parts of the country, would-be shoppers …
“Hubris is the characteristic of excessive confidence or arrogance, which leads a person to believe that he or she may do no wrong. The overwhelming pride caused by hubris is often considered a flaw in character.” Americans aren’t the only people who think we’re the crown of creation, who somehow think we don’t have to live by the …
You may have heard this expression: “If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” If you’re one of the people who fell for that old email scam about millions of dollars tied up in Nigeria, you certainly know of what I speak. The thing that was particularly sinister about that one was …
