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Here’s some cheery news: according to a report in The Independent, the FDA is warning cosmetics makers they may have to start warning consumers they have no idea if their products are dangerous: What concerns scientists at the FDA and at environmental health...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...Now that’s what I call social capital
Vancity Credit Union has a dandy idea for extending credit to folks who might normally find it hard to come by: peer lending. From CBC Vancouver: Vancity’s Shaheen Tejani says the credit union lends money to groups of people, to allow individuals to start their...Happy Birthday, Tommy Douglas
Tommy Douglas: one hundred and one years young today.Tobacco industry: enough to make you (Kim Jong) ill
The tobacco industry, including the market leader Imperial Tobacco, is quick to yell “freedom of expression” whenever governments take measures to curtail its ability to advertise. (See their so-far-unsuccessful attempt to overturn federal legislation on...
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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.
