October 3, 2026
Opinion
The game’s afoot
Sometimes I wear a lapel pin bearing the silhouette of Sherlock Homes, one of the two or three most recognizable silhouettes in the world. It’s a nod to my favorite literary genre and one of my favorite literary characters.
Can-do attitude
I have long believed that the world is run by those who not only show up, but by those who show up with a problem-solving attitude. People show up for work, parenting, volunteering or any other human activity with a variety of attitudes – many of them with an attitude that whatever they are doing is drudgery (i.e., they’d rather be anywhere else doing almost anything else).