“Writers,” said David Brooks in a recent interview, “are beggars who tell other beggars where they found bread.” Brooks, a best-selling author, American political pundit, and staff writer for The Atlantic, called this his “favorite saying about writers.” But wait up. I’ve heard a version of that phrase before, and I don’t remember it being about […]

Say No More: Words We Too Often Use to Silence Each Other [—at A Life Overseas]

Shut up! After raising five children, it’s hard for me to even type those words, much less say them out loud. Telling someone to “Shut up!” was an extreme offense in our family’s younger days. My wife reminds me of the time our pastor said the phrase from the pulpit while quoting someone in a […]