Despite widespread rumors, yelling is NOT strongly correlated with being more correct in a discussion….jh

You have to be at the bargaining table to be a part of the discussion….jh

We need to work really hard on re-teaching that old school Talk/Listen speech paradigm….jh

We often talk too much about too little....jh

The dinner table is the center for the teaching and practicing not just of table manners but of conversation, consideration, tolerance, family feeling, and just about all the other accomplishments of polite society except the minuet.

Manners are the ability to put someone else at their ease...by turning any answer into another question.