Can you identify this curio from the Patagonia Museum?
Tom Shore
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What Is That??: Curios From the Patagonia Museum (Dec. 2024)
Another mysterious item from the George Proctor collection at the Museum.
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Stakeholders or Shareholders?
The October issue of the PRT featured an interview of Pat Risner, South32’s president of the Hermosa Project. The article contained references to two words that seem to be appearing with greater frequency when discussing issues of concern between the public and corporations: “stakeholders” and “shareholders.” These words are well defined in former Secretary of […]
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Uncivil Discourse
When I read the PRT editorial, “A Call For Civil Discourse,” I asked myself if this verbally caustic atmosphere we live in is different from other stressful historical eras. In my opinion, it is not. The technological catalyst – the cell phone – provides an instantaneous,semi-anonymous and emotional release to every word uttered. The new […]