Drawing parallels
Sometimes, an event evokes an idea so compelling that everyone thinks of it. (Rest in peace, Rosa Parks. And thank you for your courage.)Untrained seals
It seems the White House is telling The Onion to stop using the presidential seal: The newspaper regularly produces a parody of President Bush’s weekly radio address on its Web site, where it has a picture of President Bush and the official insignia. “It...Why you can’t look to the right-wing media for a serious discussion of anything, #392
From a Brandon Sun editorial: How is the same party that blew more than $4 billion on Jack Layton’s pet projects just to stay in power now talking about offering Canadians major tax cuts? Handy term, “pet projects”. It conjures up images of...Welcome back, CBC Radio… but…
From my performance on Friday night: “I’m so glad the lockout’s over. I can finally stop boycotting CBC Radio and go back to just not listening to it.” It was a joke — but there was more than a little truth in it. I love CBC Radio. I...CBC lockout may be the first ever Web 2.0 labour campaign
It’s going to be really, really good to have the CBC back. But I’ll miss the highly personal style of CBCUnlocked. The corporation’s web team would do well to take a close look at what made that site work so well. And I’ll also miss the...
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Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides
Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.
