How to Communicate Better by Following American Virtues and Values

by Nina Grenningloh
In the first part of my Communications Series I looked at how we can communicate better by following German virtues and values. This time I want to take a closer look at the values Americans live by and see how those can possibly help improve our communication skills. I take L. Robert Kohls‘ monograph “The Values [...]

Understanding your (Foreign) Neighbor – and Ultimately Yourself

by Nina Grenningloh
Living in 2 cultures, German and American, I notice how both societies have influenced the way I communicate. I observe that most of my fellow Germans living in Los Angeles have adopted some American ways of conversation. In this communications series, I will take a closer look at how a country’s values and [...]

Guest Review – Werner Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant

by Manuel Chavarria
I’d all but given up on Werner Herzog as a feature director.  Since 1987’s COBRA VERDE, his final collaboration with the great Klaus Kinski, Herzog’s fiction films have become few, far between, and negligible.  Not bad, per se.  There are moments to love in both 2001’s INVINCIBLE and 2005’s RESCUE DAWN (I’ve yet [...]