Andrew, my Lyft driver was a nice enough guy. He cheerfully introduced himself as he picked me up at the airport at 1 am. “Nice weather tonight. Where you comin’ from?” (“Detroit,” I say. “Never been,” he says.) A few…
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The public relations profession can be very humbling -- a consequence I’ve experienced almost daily for four decades. For instance, when clients fail to act upon solid strategies, I respect that it is the client’s prerogative. When progressive partnerships, promotions…
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Add the mysterious case of the missing “t” to the growing and gloomy list of phenomena destined to further degrade American culture. We’re already surrendering the written word. Acronyms, abbreviations, letters and emojis now indiscriminately replace actual words. On the…
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There is little more annoying on TV than talk show pundits talking over one another. And the phenomenon is worsening. Once polite, deferential panelists and guests have decided the only way to make their cases heard is to use the…
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We’ve got one year to get this right. Soon it will be 2019. That is, “twenty-nineteen.” Rather than “two-thousand-nineteen.” Why do I make this annual plea? Just imagine how cool it will be to call the year “20-20.” It’s shorter…
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I pretty much know the answer ahead of time, but I ask anyways: ME: My lower back aches a lot lately? There are a few new skin discolorations on my leg? This cough has been lingering for weeks? Spicy food…
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The United Nations’ landmark report on the state of the planet’s livability reinforces concerns and emphasizes the need for immediate action to be taken -- with real catastrophe now just 12 years away. If you believe in such things. If…
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Did you notice these new signs? What kind of message are they sending? Not good. Arguably, they’re thoughtless or worse, plain bad. They pretend to promote something positive. But, instead do the opposite. The lawn sign displayed in the front…
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You might ask yourself, “How is it so many very ignorant individuals also are so very arrogant?” And, you might also ask yourself, “How is it so many very arrogant individuals also are so very ignorant?“ Assuming you are neither…
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If Humble Sky has one underlying point of view, it is “Don’t suffer fools.” In my defense, which some might find offensive, my objective is to call out people when they do or say wrong things -- in my humble…
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