by Steven Fulmer | Dec 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
It’s been almost three weeks since the Paris attacks and it’s taken me that long to find my courage and address it publicly. This isn’t because I’m afraid of terrorist retaliation, but because I know some of you out there will disagree with me. But if I sit in...
by Steven Fulmer | Dec 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
Daniel J. Boorstin said, “The traveler is active; he goes strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes “sightseeing.” Perhaps this is also the key not...
by Steven Fulmer | Dec 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
An eighth-grade girl in Portland read a book about the families in South Sudan who are in desperate need of clean water. This girl was moved to tears, and then to action. Women and children, she learned, walk for miles to retrieve dirty water from mud puddles;...
by Steven Fulmer | Nov 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
How often to you pause before you react? Last week we talked about the problem with knee-jerk reactions in the media. But what about our knee-jerk reactions to the media? We live in a world where we can react instantly and anonymously on social media to anything that...
by Steven Fulmer | Nov 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Lets face it: the media’s coverage of our current political environment is no example of leadership. It’s an example of pandering, sensationalism and knee-jerk reactions designed to steal moments and confuse issues. Maybe it’s just me, but the very...
by Steven Fulmer | Nov 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Are you feeling courageous? Neal Diamond once said if you really want to write meaningful music, you need only look at your own life and into your own heart. What follows is part of my meaningful music. I’ve recently been asking myself if there is a moral...
