Who do we hate?

I have a friend in an “allied” country that I have been emailing regularly for the past two months. We exchanged views on various mystical topics. Also, to a lesser extent, we discuss other topics such as politics, society, economics and religion. My mentioned how people in his friendly country freely express their distaste for Americans. I personally experienced the […]

Beware of redundancies

I edit large manuscripts, which means that in any given week, I probably read about a thousand pages. Eight hundred of those pages can be devoted to work and two hundred to pleasure. I can’t tell you how often I come across sentences that are redundant. Here are some examples of redundant or irrelevant terms: “Jack got home at 4 […]

What America needs now is a secular president, like George Washington.

Religious controversies always produce more bitterness and irreconcilable hatred than arise from any other source. (George Washington, letter to Sir Edward Newenham, June 22, 1792.) Control your enthusiasm for progressive candidates who flaunt their religious faith. This essay explains why godspeakers, attractive as they may be, are likely to prove dangerous to the kind of nation JFK envisioned: I believe […]

Buy on time, invest the difference

Buy on time, invest the difference …Or to put it another way, buy forward and spend the difference on consumer goods Back when I was just starting out with Northwestern Mutual as an insurance agent intern, I remember one of the oldest and most respected general agents complaining about the fact that most people today, in the mid-1980s, don’t I […]

How not to abuse co-registration

Co-registration as an advertising tool is a very powerful business building tool. But just like electricity, if you use it incorrectly, it can also hurt your business. If you’re lucky, all you’ll lose is a website, maybe a domain name or a merchant account. Ignore the warnings and you can lose a lot more. I recently did a Google News […]