Essays

BY BILL PURDIN Many writers today look into the future and see a dystopian world ju… [more]

BY BILL PURDIN It does nothing for me. These five words have destroyed more advertising careers tha… [more]

BY BILL PURDIN The thump-thump of the helicopter blades, for once, took me away from, not toward th… [more]

BY BILL PURDIN She is a tough minded person. A determined person. And, she is very petite, so, to be… [more]

BY BILL PURDIN In our current industrial modality of making money, the art of leadership may have be… [more]

BY BILL PURDIN Some would say that that is an oxymoron. Not for us. We’ve had many o… [more]

1. Your example is everything. Remember what your job is: be sure that everyone else is happy in the… [more]

Thank you, Mr. Provost, members of the faculty, distinguished visitors and graduating seniors of the… [more]

BY BILL PURDIN Have you ever disparaged a person poorer than you? Have you ever set the example to y… [more]

This is your next meeting ... You get up at 5:45 a.m. with a special feeling: "It's Thursday. It  [more]

This is a photo depiction of the heroic statue now being constructed in the Black Hills, South Dakot… [more]

It causes such bad feelings and wounds that never heal. I've always wondered why it's so popular. I… [more]

Well, Larry Page and Sergey Brin did write the company' slogan: "Don't be evil," because absolute po… [more]

"Kids don't see the world in the same way that adults do. They see a beautiful marble ledge as b… [more]

Here is the definition and the visual (VISH-ee--aay-shun) and the audible pronunciations: … [more]

Robert Schmidt was born with little or no fanfare on November 27, 1917, the son of a coal miner in u… [more]

Selected Comments (unadjusted) Honesty Kayak Morning Miscellany President Going Down #1 Life … [more]

Special Essays and Collections Teaching My Daughter To Drive Harvard Commencement Speech No! No! … [more]

The Front The one dollar bill you're looking at first came off the presses in 1957 in its pr… [more]

1. How many steps does the guard take during his walk across the tomb of the Unknowns and why? 21… [more]

The one percent who seem so strong are actually weak. And worried, too. They should be. If the Union… [more]

by W. Mahlon Purdin   CONTENTS: Introductory Thoughts Reculturing | The Industrial Mod… [more]

As you get to know legendinc.com you will notice that, overall, we try to always have an open mind.… [more]

They seem to be alive, but it’s more complicated than that. They seem to be human, but these are n… [more]

It does nothing for me. These five words have destroyed more advertising careers than all the late n… [more]

              He is not an ordinary Ameri… [more]

BY BILL PURDIN Have you ever disparaged a person poorer than you? Have you ever set the example to … [more]

Computers have so many things that we just don't have. Think about it. First and foremost is thefamo… [more]

GEORGE EDWARD CARRUTH August 29, 1929 – April 30, 1999 In the great scheme of things, he was n… [more]