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Bourbon betrayal: Can I still trust you?

A story broke last week about the customer backlash against Maker’s Mark after the bourbon maker announced that, in order to stretch its supply to meet global demand, it had begun diluting its bourbon—reducing the alcohol content from 90 proof to 84 proof. It turns out that bourbon shortages are

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He said, “No”? (Gasp!)

Last Saturday night, my 12-year-old son requested an order of cheese quesadillas for dinner at the Yard House restaurant in Lone Tree, Colorado. (You should know that, at this particular location, cheese quesadillas do not appear on the menu.) What the server did next was not legendary but it was

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Be mine

Have you ever heard someone in a committed relationship say that he or she no longer loves the other person? When questioned, he might say, “I’ve tried. Really I have. But the love just isn’t there.” It’s no wonder the love isn’t there—because love (the noun) is a result of

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Unique knowledge adds value

Note to reader: Even I’m tired of reading about Nordstrom’s customer service, but there’s a reason its service is heralded. I recently stopped by the baby department at Nordstrom to pick up a gift for a colleague whose wife is expecting a baby boy. After considering the selection of newborn

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