Soft power, first coined by Harvard University professor Joseph Nye, is that term used in international relations theory to describe the ability of a political body to indirectly influence the behavio… more →
hope sPrInGs eternalJessieX wrote 3 months ago: Choose Insanity in Howard County. Yes, this is the bumper sticker I just saw on a coworker’s d … more →
mlibrarianus wrote 4 months ago: Oh joy, joy. Oh, happy day. Thanks to corephp’s tweet I am in 7th heaven. Two of my favori … more →
mlibrarianus wrote 4 months ago: My library (Howard County Library) started an initiative based on Dr. P.M. Forni’s book Choos … more →
mlibrarianus wrote 5 months ago: Day in the Life Day 5 of week of keeping track of what librarians or library workers do so we can se … more →
JessieX wrote 6 months ago: This past week, at a number of holiday parties with both adults and kids, I was reminded of how irks … more →
JessieX wrote 9 months ago: There’s a new* blog in town. It’s called Embrace Hostility in Howard County, and you can … more →
JessieX wrote 11 months ago: Mike of “Do I Amuse You” has a great post on choosing civility. Or stealing civility, i … more →
JessieX wrote 1 year ago: Is it a lone prankster? A disgruntled group of grumps? A Freedom Movement, here in our li’l pa … more →
JessieX wrote 1 year ago: Edgy video. Great message. Thanks @csuspect. … more →
JessieX wrote 1 year ago: I live in a community engaged in a relatively new initiative called Choose Civility. While the newsp … more →
JessieX wrote 1 year ago: So says the sign. I like it. I like the sign, the sentiment and the effect. See, I was meeting someo … more →
JessieX wrote 1 year ago: Valerie Gross, Hoco Library’s executive director, was one of two guests on today’s Kojo … more →
JessieX wrote 1 year ago: Wall Street Journal writer Barry Newman covers Choose Civility in Howard County … and then som … more →
JessieX wrote 1 year ago: I was talking with a friend a couple days ago about the Choose Civility in Howard County initiative. … more →
JessieX wrote 1 year ago: I probably should have used Title Case capitalization in that headline, as it is part of a book titl … more →
JessieX wrote 1 year ago: I host a lot of parties. Always have. And, of late, I’ve become quite an advocate of The RSVP. … more →
bloggomio wrote 1 year ago: Soft power, first coined by Harvard University professor Joseph Nye, is that term used in internatio … more →
bloggomio wrote 1 year ago: The Quality News Network, delivers first-rate, accurate news and non-partisan coverage. QNN produces … more →
bloggomio wrote 1 year ago: The University of West Georgia is joining the Choose Civility community by offering their incoming f … more →