One of my college professors was Steve Bell, the first news anchor of Good Morning America. I’m not an old man, but at the time, he talked about how partisan news shows were starting to gain popularity.Until then, people could choose from a few news outlets that would tell you what was happening in the world. His position…
“How do we get people to stop arguing about COVID?” the marketing consultant in the red tie asked the marketing consultant in the blue tie. “And start arguing about our product?””COVID is certainly buzz-worthy. I’d love to get to that level of brand recognition,” the marketing consultant in the blue tie responded, leaning forward. “What if, and…
We’ve earned a break from COVID, haven’t we?! That brings us to the State Fair of Texas…
I’ve now been blogging about COVID-19 for about a year and a half. As a society, we’ve used that time to argue constantly, and totally change each other’s minds, about whether masks are useful tools to prevent the spread of COVID-19 or the worst thing that’s ever happened in life. Remember the Cuban Missile…
You’ll never believe this, but I was a bit of a rabble-rouser in school. That issue came up several times this week.I started in Plano, where the school district was having a parade to celebrate the Mayors Summer Interns. The district’s public relations person had invited media to attend. We were allowed to attend… as long…
Loyal Scaiaholics will recall I’m not an old man. In fact, I am a millennial.But, in a sequence of events many of us experience, I have been getting older. This week, I turn 40.Getting older is tough for a lot of people, but one associate makes a strong point.”Sure beats the alternative,” he explains.Even though…
Listen, society, we’ve been through a lot. Even outside of Texas legislators on the lam, COVID-19 hospitalizations have more than doubled in the past month, crime has been trending up in Dallas and other cities, the Moops caused a stand-off on a highway in Massachusetts, and crews have been clearing the site of the condo collapse in…