Unlike Australia’s backwards flushing toilets, what goes around comes around. The country is moving forward with an unprecedented effort to stop Big Tech from dumping on local news media. The New York Times (4-21-20) reports the government down-under is mandating…
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Vents, PPE, test kits, face masks, commonsense, there are so many things we need to deal effectively with Covid-19. There is another apparatus (invention?) that would contribute mightily to our safety and well-being now and, arguably, beyond the pandemic. Each…
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This is worth repeating, because it’s only getting worse. The damage is done. By the automobile. The most destructive, harmful, wasteful, aggravating invention in history. We took a major wrong turn when we committed to travel primarily by single-occupancy vehicles…
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I am a big personal and professional advocate for The Golden Rule. Over four decades of directing public relations initiatives, I’ve come to appreciate the inherent, over-arching value of reciprocity -- how and why doing good for others always benefits…
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Caught these rascals chalking up the sidewalk across the street and asked if they’d be willing to also do a couple squares in front of our house. They politely agreed. And though they didn’t ask for or expect to be…
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It never ceases to amaze me how often a handful of painful decades-old childhood memories come to mind. And the bully wallop they still possess. Being a short, four-eyed Jew were my vulnerabilities. Without a doubt, others endured much worse,…
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This is a public service: Please read “What Pete Buttigieg Understood,” in The Atlantic by Peter Wehner, a self-described conservative who offers an intelligent and objective perspective on political morality and Mayor Pete’s eloquent and hopefully transcendent impact on political…
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While we try to wrap our heads around the real-time and long-term consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, optimistic (maybe more like wishful) thinkers might find comfort in considering the occurrence of some unintended, yet potentially very positive culture changes once…
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Every now and then: Shut up and listen! The exercise projects humility. Plus, you might actually learn something. Of course, it’s easier said than done, no pun intended. Listening requires intentionality and, wait for it … patience. Most people are…
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The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is an immediate and dire socio-economic nightmare. But … it could also be a dream come true for socially conscious, public-relations savvy businesses and industries. Selfish, thoughtless, right? Unless you consider public relations in the traditional…
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