by Louis Kraus | Aug 4, 2025 | Evil Speech/Verbal Abuse
If a solitary witness testifies against someone before a Bais Din (Jewish Court) in a nonfinancial matter, violates this prohibition besides being guilty of speaking Lashon-Hora/Evil Speech. In financial matters the testimony of a single witness as practical effects....
by Louis Kraus | May 29, 2025 | Better Outcomes, Evil Speech/Verbal Abuse, Lou Kraus, Name Calling/Labeling
I went to the library recently and found this article in USA Today. As I have an interest in politics and communication I decided to write this blog post. It starts with the idea that “Political leaders bullying makes our kids less kind.” It continues with “when the...
by Louis Kraus | Dec 9, 2024 | Better Outcomes, Evil Speech/Verbal Abuse, Nobody's Perfect
Words Matter “When we think we are using language, language is using us. As linguist Dwight Bollinger put it (employing a military metaphor), language is like a loaded gun: It can be fired intentionally but it can wound or kill just as surely when fired accidentally....
by WES9659 | Oct 2, 2019 | Civil Discourse, Evil Speech/Verbal Abuse, Lou Kraus, Name Calling/Labeling
10 Steps to Eliminate Evil Speech/Verbal Abuse Criticism, derogatory, disparaging, belittling words, put-downs, labeling/naming; words affect what we do and mold the way we think about people and the world around us. TRUE or False, but especially when they are lies,...
by WES9659 | Sep 30, 2019 | Civil Discourse, Evil Speech/Verbal Abuse
Most of what we hear, these days, is criticism, and derogatory, disparaging, belittling and dehumanizing words. True or false, intentional or not; these words create untold emotional pain and anger. But, if you start modeling change, we can all get Better Outcomes. 1....
by WES9659 | Sep 12, 2016 | Evil Speech/Verbal Abuse
The process below is from Blanchard and McBride’s Book, “the One Minute Apology.” (Blanchard Family Partnership and Margaret McBride, 2003) When I read the book several years ago, it gave new meaning to the Jewish Holiday of Yom Kippur, the Day of...
