Monthly Archives: May 2009
Not PR, just plain propaganda
If there’s one thing that nags the bejesus out of me, it’s when I hear something characterized as “public relations” when it doesn’t even closely resemble that discipline … which is quite a lot of the time, frankly. The Washington … Continue reading
Filed under commerce, public relations
Humming with delight
Sometimes, the smallest things (literally) make my day special. Such was the case this week when I checked off a new personal first: watching a nesting hummingbird in the wild. I set out for the north side of Umstead State … Continue reading
Filed under man bites bear
New pandemic takes off: avian envy
I went roaming about in the woods yesterday and came down with an acute case of avian envy. You wouldn’t think it could be so virulent, but then the disease vector cuts across so many lines of genus and species, … Continue reading
Filed under man bites bear
Hate the sinner, not his free speech
I won’t deny for a minute that the very thought of his e-mail made me squirm in my seat. But it’s why I cringed that’s the point where I part company with Governor Beverly Perdue and state Rep. Alma Adams. … Continue reading
Filed under civics 101
Bailouts already bloating federal payroll
Practically from day one I could see it coming, when Congress started signing over billions of tax dollars to subsidize the financial and insurance industries that were barely treading water on account of their own misdeeds. Because wherever staggering sums … Continue reading
Filed under civics 101, commerce
