A story like this should make a CEO shudder.  A Teflon reputation can disappear in a second.  It only takes one article that captures the public interest and one’s credibility can be threatened.  CEOs should resist reporters who want to write about a company’s enduring esteem in the eyes of the public.  They should emphasize […]

Posted on May 9th, 2017 by admin
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Here is a fellow who has cried, “Wolf” too many times.  Even if the US would like to remove him (and it certainly does), who is going to believe South Korea and the CIA have assassination squads in the North?  Kim Jong-un is paranoid and self-inflated.  He is also brutal and has had several of […]

Posted on May 8th, 2017 by admin
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Silicon Valley technologists are trying to help California’s farmers save water.  Eighty percent of the liquid goes to farming, so more efficient use is essential.  Already, more than 500,000 acres have gone fallow in Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley because of a lack of irrigation.  With an inevitable return of drought conditions, the problem of keeping plants and […]

Posted on May 5th, 2017 by admin
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One way to look like a fool is failure to know history. President Trump is learning that lesson — or maybe not.   He doesn’t know much or anything about those who came before him in the office, and it is creating a PR problem for him.  A schoolboy would know that Andrew Jackson had nothing […]

Posted on May 3rd, 2017 by admin
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New documentaries mark the 25th anniversary of the LA riots that occurred after the police beating of  Rodney King.  It was a watershed event because a civilian with a video camera recorded police brutality.  Since then, with miniaturization and the rise of cell phones, video of events has exploded.  Police are not the only ones being […]

Posted on May 2nd, 2017 by admin
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