Is it just me or does every second commercial on television seem to be for E-harmony? Jill and John, married September 2008. Mary and Paul, married March 2009.
Barf. Well perhaps that is a bit harsh. But, seriously, I do gag a little. Rumor, “on the street,” (via a Google search) is that the people in [...]

Yesterday was Earth Day, but I’m sure you know that if you live on, well, Earth.
If you work in public relations, there’s a reasonable chance you or a colleague was promoting a “green” product, service or initiative of some kind on Earth Day. And if you’re a journalist, there’s a reasonable chance you were adding [...]

While on a family ski trip to Whistler, British Columbia, recently, I toured the Squamish Lilwat Cultural Centre that opened in the village less than a year ago. It’s a fantastic building filled with displays and artifacts from these two First Nations peoples.
The orientation film is also first-class. Both the Squamish and Lilwat groups have [...]

Much has been said lately about the decline of newsrooms due to the decline of advertising spending. My last post commented on that subject, and I continue to ponder it.
My eight-year-old daughter has become something of an advertising critic, the apple not falling far and all that. When we watch American Idol or something she’ll [...]

One more reason we can all have hope: a little known aspect of President Obama’s first hundred days is his gesture of support for left-handed people.
Obama is a “southpaw” and continues the virtual domination of the White House where five of the past seven Presidents have been lefties (Ford, Reagan, Bush Sr., and Clinton being [...]