The Sacredness of “No” in a “Yes” World

We live in a “yes” culture. Winners say “yes.” Elections are won with chants of “Yes, we can.” “Yes”-men seem to have thejob security. “Yes” gets us the attention we crave. We are conditioned that “yes” is always an appropriate answer… One of my favorite songwriters wrote about his conflict of having to decide betweenoccupations: […]