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Stephen Wilbers teaches seminars in effective business writing. His column appears online every other Monday.

Spread some kindness with your writing

With so much to worry about these days, I'm always on the lookout for good news, and today I realized it had crept in all around me. Like fog coming in on little cat feet, human kindness was everywhere.

Updated: December 20, 2009, - 12:52 PM

Stephen Wilbers: I love my computer, even when it's being a pain

The other day I got into a fight with my computer.

Updated: December 06, 2009, - 05:09 PM

Get aggressive about those passive-voice constructions

Although the passive voice is sometimes useful, the active voice is shorter, more direct and more emphatic. Often, however, the problem is not the overuse of the passive voice; it's the overuse of passive-sounding constructions.

Updated: November 29, 2009, - 11:09 PM

Winning, but without creating any losers

We live in a competitive world, a world of winners and losers, where winning means overcoming, vanquishing or destroying your opponent.

Updated: November 15, 2009, - 10:04 PM

Readers give tips to tame the e-mail monster

What's the first thing you do when you return to work from vacation?

Updated: November 01, 2009, - 10:38 PM

Communicate efficiently in world buried under e-mail

Whenever I go away, I come back to piles of work. Not that I'm complaining. I treasure my time away. But sometimes the joy of having been away is diminished by the stress of catching up.

Updated: October 04, 2009, - 06:20 PM

Let's agree on health care reform and, oh, yeah, grammar

The web of lies surrounding the health care debate are making it difficult to discuss the issue reasonably. None of the groups involved in this debate are stupid. The opposition, which includes supporters of the status quo, want slower change or no change.

Updated: September 21, 2009, - 10:16 AM