James Spangler
EssayistJim Spangler comments on the life experiences we all share, drawing on a 40-year newspaper career in Human Resources and labor relations, following a business degree from the University of Iowa and a stint in the Marines.
“After four decades in the people business, I still don’t understand why people think the way they think or do the things they do. And I hope the mystery never ends,” he says.
Jim and his wife, Carol, live with Bentley, the most spoiled dog in Brookfield.
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Memorial Day is a time when we think about people who have fought and died in defense of their country. This year, Lake Effect essayist Jim Spangler is… -
Lake Effect essayist Jim Spangler on how he came to understand the value of a dollar:"They say we learn more from our mistakes than our successes. And if… -
Lake Effect essayist Jim Spangler has been thinking about education - specifically whether colleges and universities are places that teach critical… -
Lake Effect essayist Jim Spangler wishes politicians would read more Shakespeare, especially the line in Richard III that goes, “When words are scarce,… -
Do you remember your first car? Of course you do. It’s been a while since Lake Effect essayist Jim Spangler bought his first car, but it’s an event - and… -
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There are some people who are always on the move - never staying in one place or one city for very long. But for many others, a single place - often a… -
In his recent young adult book, "Just Fly Away," (and in our interview about it) Andrew McCarthy wrote about that pivotal age, when you just want to know… -
Lake Effect essayist Jim Spangler has been thinking about how we understand each other - or fail to. We’ll let him explain...It is a natural tendency in… -
Lake Effect essayist Jim Spangler has lived in Wisconsin for a while now. But while he calls the state home, he does not think of Brookfield as his…