We have a shortage of respect. The words “offended and offensive” are used more today than they were in decades past. We see it in our news, where almost every other story is about someone being offended by what someone else did or did not do. We see it in our discourse. Social...
Respect is treating others with honor and dignity. The more I think about respect, the more I realize it is a hard word. I have discussed respect with several people and gained a greater understanding of how challenging it can be. When I look back in my life, I see times that I have not offered...
The word respect is so prevalent in our American culture that its meaning can get watered down. Respect has been both popularized and trivialized, respectively, by pop icons Aretha Franklin and Rodney Dangerfield. Who could possibly forget the late, great singer belting out R-E-S-P-E-C-T or the...
