Chris Carosa

It’s tough, it’s sad, it’s hard. That’s what the candle of life is. It’s tougher, sadder, and harder when that candle goes out. Yet, it’s important we celebrate that light that once was. How do you say the things

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You spend three years faithfully watching a compelling drama and the network announces the fourth season with be its last. You’re left to wonder: How will the story end? Will I be satisfied with the ending? If I

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Some look to victories as the measure of a person. It’s not. It is how a person stands up against a string of losses that defines what we have come to call “character.” So was it at the Thermoplyae Pass in Ancie

The goal of every leader is to take people from Point A to Point B. There are any number of strategies to accomplish this. But are they all equally effective? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “What Every Lea

A century after Guttenberg first press his first publication, the world of writing looked dramatically and demonstrably different than it did compared to only a few years before the invention of the Guttenberg

America has been blessed by millions of people who serve faithfully in their communities across the land. They may not make the pages of Wikipedia, but they remain invaluable. They represent the backbone of our

Sometimes it’s better just to sit back, relax, and enjoy the show. But what if the show urges you to participate? Well that only makes a bad weekend worse. And coming home doesn’t make it better. Want to know how

If you had a chance to go back in time and make a different decision at some critical node, would you? Somewhere in the vast array of multiverses, you did exactly that. Can you imagine what your life on that

This is how obsession begins. Like a boulder rolling down a hill, it only gathers momentum over time. Is there anything that can stop it? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “The World – The Universe – That Might H

“In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue… October 12 their dream came true, You never saw a happier crew!.. The first American? No, not quite. But Columbus was brave, and he was bri

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Are you one of the many people who distrust the media? Do you feel stymied trying to determine what’s fact, what’s fiction, and what’s somebody’s propaganda when it comes to press coverage of Washington politic

It used to be dystopian fiction was merely fiction. That was then. Today, it hits awfully too close to home. Should you be disheartened? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “A Look Back at Tomorrow: A Review of the

Why is it safer to finish in the middle of the pack than dead last – or even first? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “Open House Tip for Elementary School Parents (Part II): How to Reduce the Odds Your Child

Does this story sound familiar? Could it have happened to you? What did you do when you found yourself in a similar situation? How did that work out for you? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “Open House Tip for

What is it that is so hard to understand “the right of the People to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed”? And why as so many willing to have their right infringed by an organization so hard to hold acc

What is it about a steady summer rain that so soothes the soul? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “There’s Something Pleasantly Relaxing About a Steady Summer Rain” and see if it evokes memories deep within you.

Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a serious corporate meeting and this happens? Someone says something banal and you just want to blurt out some extemporaneous thought. Why might the chaos that would