10 I wish my mother could have met ad man Robert L. May. After what he accomplished, maybe she'd have approved of my decision to go into advertising.
Yearly Archives: 2016
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2 You never know who'll be dropping in this Christmas.
A Middle-Class Christmas
2 The Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Year for 2016 is "post-truth." Don't have an OED handy? Here's the definition.
Word Of The Year
10 Annie Edson Taylor wasn't your average daredevil. She was a widow who feared taking the plunge into poverty more than she feared a plunge over Niagara Falls.
Taking The Falls
4 There is nothing like a political campaign to remind us all of one of the solemn responsibilities of American citizenship. Participating in opinion polls.
Give America A Piece Of Your Mind
Days after the first televised debate between Kennedy and Nixon, 282 strangers created our country's largest political falsehood by answering their telephones.