In a world of guerilla marketing and over-the-top campaigns to get products noticed, it’s easy to forget that we aren’t the first generation to make advertising immersive. This is a story of one campaign, largely forgotten by history, that stands unparalleled in terms of “taking you there.” In the winter of 1942, allied governments were rallying their [...]
Michael Bloomberg is putting his foot down. Want to use food stamps? Shop healthier, says the mayor of New York City. The city government has asked the feds to impose a two-year ban on the purchase of sodas and certain other sugary drinks using food stamps. This is in line with Bloomberg’s campaign for public [...]
I’m tired of politics; tired of defending a President who is acting like a college student with a new credit card; tired of listening to extremist TEA Party folks who are just out for themselves, or, worse, support people like Sarah Palin. I’m tired of the “moral majority” getting caught cheating on their spouses. I’m [...]
In an Op-Ed piece in March 2010, General McPeak, the former Air Force Chief of Staff said, “I believe repealing ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ will weaken the warrior culture at a time when we have a fight on our hands.” He may be right, questions about the existence of such a warrior culture in the [...]
Anyone with a political opinion fancies themselves smarter than the average voter and immune from lies and spin control. That’s why it’s funny when most amateur political pundits I know seize upon every perceived strand of discord or discrepancy and embellish, embellish, embellish.
