http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sat Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:26:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I know I wrote I would post three statements a day, but I decided to do the rest of the conversation stopper list today. You don't have to comment on each one. Just pick a favorite or two and let us know your thoughts. The full list appears in Sunday's ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sat/2009/11/19/the-rest-of-the-list/ Good comments so far. Here are the next three in the list of 21. 7. There are lots of other diversity issues other than race and gender. 8.  I've never seen that happen before. Are you sure it happened? 9. Why does everything have to be so  politically correct? http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sat/2009/11/18/the-next-three-conversation-stoppers/ See the previous post for some excellent responses to yesterday's  "21 ways to stop a conversation about diversity." The list is according to Lee Mun Wah of Stirfry Seminars & Consulting. If you want to know more about Stirfry HERE’s a link. Here are the next three sentences in the list of ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sat/2009/11/17/three-more-ways-to-stop-a-conversation-about-diversity/ One of the exercises we did during last month's National Conversation on Race seminar was to discuss the "21 ways to stop a conversation about diversity." The list is according to Lee Mun Wah of Stirfry Seminars & Consulting. If you want to know more about Stirfry HERE's a link. I'll ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sat/2009/11/16/conversation-stoppers/ Cartoonist Bruce Quast drew this cartoon about Bruce Lewis, Mr. Mustache. http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sat/2009/11/13/bruce-quast-on-mr-mustache/ John DeRango submitted this cartoon about the late Bruce Lewis. If I get more tributes, I'll post them here as I get them. http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sat/2009/11/12/cartoon-tribute-to-mr-mustache/ I was off yesterday, so I missed the news about Bruce Lewis' death. He was a wonderful man and a gifted artist. He will be missed. My condolences to his wife, Trudy, and the rest of the Lewis family. I've been contacted by one local cartoonist who will contribute a cartoon ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sat/2009/11/11/remembering-mr-mustache/ Four members of the Editorial Board will attend tomorrow's National Conversation on Race seminar at Rockford College. That includes both main editorial writers so if you try to call us tomorrow, please leave a message and we'll get back to you Monday. We think this is an important event as do ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sat/2009/10/29/ywca-racism-conference-friday/ I don't know how Andy McKenna and Matt Murphy will fare during next year's elections (read Chuck Sweeny HERE), but the Republican duo is the first to provide me campaign info on a flash drive. It's not exactly ground-breaking, but it is smart to send media something small and useable instead ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sat/2009/10/27/flash-mckenna-murphy-info/ That's the opinion of the Champaign-Urbana News Gazette. HERE'S an editorial about it. One fact mentioned, that I hadn't calculated yet, is that absentee voting will start right after Christmas. That seems insane. With the holiday season about to begin, I can't imagine too many people will be excited about the ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/sat/2009/10/27/illinois-primary-is-too-early/