Make your list and check it twice

I consider the holiday season the best time of the year for four reasons:
1. Wearing flannel pajamas, drinking coffee and snacking on chocolate constitutes “breakfast with the family.”
2. Reciting. Every. Single. Word. of How the Grinch Stole Christmas becomes acceptable behavior for a 31-year-old.
3. “I’m busy reading” is a justifiable excuse for not participating in household [...]

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Tiger’s tale: everyone’s a PR expert

Tiger Woods’s recent travails have once again brought to light the debate about what constitutes good and bad media- and public-relations. Journalists I suppose are well positioned to debate the topic, but reporters analyzing the efficacy of communications I find disconcerting.
The other night on CNN (inventors of Reality TV) a USA Today reporter appeared with Campbell Brown [...]

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The politics of parties

It is reported that Goldman Sachs has instructed employees not to party in groups this holiday season – even if the company isn’t paying – lest they give the impression that they are oblivious to the hard economy.
A sad development because if there is anything that economy-weary people can use it’s a little cheer.
But the [...]

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