You see it just about everywhere: independent and chain bookstores closing. The internet and Amazon have changed forever the process for buying and reading books. Audio books, Kindle and other technologies have placed the paper pages in peril. In fact, look at what happened to Borders and Barnes & Noble … closings and downsizing. It’s […]
The declining art of cursive writing: Keystrokes replacing ink impressions
When I was 6 years old, I was asked to quit writing with my left hand and try using my right like most people. It was an unmitigated disaster. My cursive writing was horrible and it never got better. Fast forward to 2018. Now, the debate rages over whether or not to teach cursive writing […]
2018: Predictions for the New Year
Ho, ho, ho. It’s time to close out 2017 and look positively toward a new year. While we certainly have a lot of problems to handle and turmoil to quell, it’s appropriate to make some fairly safe predictions for the coming year. So here goes: 1. Donald Trump will create outrage and anger with a […]
Digging Deep: Uncovering the dirt behind sexual misconduct
It’s a public relations nightmare: people coming out of the woodwork to report decades-old “sexual incidents†from the casting couch to the boardroom. Finally, hidden but commonplace episodes of coercion and sexual harassment are getting airtime. That’s a good thing. The number of men accused of inappropriate behavior is going to increase. The cavalcade of […]
Scaring up Political Correctness during Halloween – and beyond
“Officials at a Massachusetts college are investigating after students said a female soccer player attended an on-campus Halloween party with darkened skin to portray a character from the movie “White Chicks.” The Sun Chronicle reports a photo taken Friday shows the woman with her skin darkened by makeup, a drawn-on goatee and a bald cap.” […]