Media has been announcing the demise of the brand for some time. Most recently both the The New Yorker (Twilight of the Brands) and The Economist have entered the fray. The...
I wish I had a nickle for every journalist I know who has taken me out to lunch in the last six months to ask for freelance writing assignments. It's not news,...
The public is great at double speak too. Every man on the street interview during the US election run-up expressed in some way the wish for straight answers to questions. Everyone...
The morning papers brought yet another round of reasons why the practice of PR in Canada can be so completely frustrating. You are going to have to stay with me...
Bullying seems to be pushing everyone's hot buttons these days. The publicity around a rash of suicides by young people who have been tormented by their peers has found deep...
Looks like the Ontario government isn't the only one betting on the roulette wheel to bail out government coffers. According to the Economist, the need for revenue has cash-strapped state...
I have a friend who regularly asks why I don't engage more actively politically. "Don't you care?" she rails at me. It isn't that I don't care but that I...
There was a compelling story in the Toronto Star on Sunday about a Toronto area teen who helped save the life of a teenager in the UK. The despondent UK...
I was listening to Don Drummond on the radio today talking about his recommended budget cuts for Ontario. Why is it that the only way governments can find money to...