Dear Readers: Like it or not our leadership is a reflection of who we are as a nation. So if we want leadership to change that change must begin with us and who we are. It begins with our language and how we raise our children. It begins with who we invite into our homes, […]
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Dear Readers: I heard a tragic story yesterday. A young woman had finally saved up enough money to rent a house. She went online, found the perfect place, wire transferred her deposit, and two days before she was to move drove by her new place and noticed a moving truck unloading furniture into “her new
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Dear Readers: I’ve been a fan of Stephen L. Carter, Yale Professor, author, columnist, for a long time. Out of pure luck, his column titled Depressed by politics? Put down the phone. was in today’s Charlotte Observer. In today’s Hubbell Pew I wrote: “He (Carter) says that he defines civility in one of his books “as the
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Dear Readers: I am excited about my next speaking event at the Charleston Library Society in late March. If you live in the Charleston area I hope you will come by and visit. At events like these I get so much feedback on my books and almost every time I make new friends or catch
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Dear Readers: My son was flying over the Indian Ocean when the stewardess asked him if he was the author, Webb Hubbell. He told her the author was his father, and asked why she was asking. She told him that a passenger had left a copy of Ginger Snaps on a previous flight. The book had
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Dear Readers: Tomorrow is the Super Bowl. What does it say, that I have watched every one of them even during the time I was on “Sabbatical.” A lot of the games aren’t even close, and one ends up paying more attention to the commericials than the game itself. Half time is impossible because the
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Dear Readers: Yesterday I wrote about Michael Lewis’s latest book The Undoing Project at TheHubbellPew.com. Here is a little of what I said: “I just finished Michael Lewis’s latest book, The Undoing Project. It is not as easy a read as Moneyball or Liar’s Poker but fascinating.It tell the story of two Israeli psychologists who wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies
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Dear Readers: Today, a new President of the United States is sworn in today. I know for many friends today is a day of trepidation and disappointment. I wrote today at thehubbellpew.com a few thoughts. I hope you will take a minute to click on the link and give a thought to the men
Dear Readers: I have a few random thoughts about the week leading up to the Inauguration: Supreme Court — The President-Elect has said that he will appoint someone to fill Justice Scalia’s seat within two weeks of January 20, 2017. Should that person be confirmed by the Senate — a big hurdle that will take
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Dear Readers: Last year was election year and because an old friend was running for President of the United States, I quit writing my bi-monthly column for The Clyde Fitch Report and did my best to refrain from political commentary. Now that a new year is upon us I feel much more comfortable putting my two
2017 Brings Us Much To Do And Think About! Read More »