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  • From the Mouths of Babes

    No matter your position on “gun control,” your heart is made of stone if you do not believe that policy and practical changes are now and have been mandatory. A letter meant for President Obama from Valerie Barden, the older sister of a Sandy Hook victim, was read on-air by Anderson Cooper. My name is…

  • No Hopey-Changey Stuff Here

    the Obama effect was not ephemeral anymore, no longer reducible to what had once been mocked as that ‘hopey-changey stuff… It could be measured in wars stopped and started; industries saved, restructured or reregulated; tax cuts extended; debt levels inflated; terrorists killed; the health-insurance system reimagined; and gay service members who could walk in uniform with…

  • Holiday Songs to Improve Your PR Savvy

    Let holiday favorites improve your PR know-how. Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer Good leaders let everyone shine and contribute. Santa Claus is Coming to Town Double-check your lists. Frosty the SnowmanGet ahead of a crisis. Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer Foresee the unforeseeable. Twelve Days of Christmas Manage expectations. Don’t overpromise a client. Merry…

  • A Second Glance

    This morning I tweeted that I looked back at my four year-old’s school after I exited; I never have before. My eyes welled up. All the children were running in, laughing and playing while a patrol car and rescure vehicle were posted outside. A sign of the times…