Cultural incompetence is like a shadow personality; it creeps up on you when you least expect or even realize it. When you presume and judge, you cloud your vision by having wrongful perceptions about people. So, if you are not globally competent or strive to be, chanc...

The interconnected world requires our nation to nurture citizens, workers and leaders who actually know something about the world -- its cultures, customs, languages, and how the world’s economic, environmental and social systems work. Taking a closer look at the conce...

Reading The Un-death of Me:

• helps me overcome difficulties or fears and find beauty in positive human interactions;

• helps me heighten a new perspective of hope, courage, and respect for others;

• helps me appreciate people of various backgrounds, and expand knowledge...

Trump‘s "extreme vetting" procedures have rendered an executive order to ban refugees from entering the U.S. for 120 days, block travel from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen for 90 days, and bar immigration from Syria indefinitely.  Such “vetting” not only s...