Apparently, it's a lot harder to write an inaugural address than a lot of people think - even with a little help from the Founding Fathers. ...more

January 18, 2009

Social and mobile media sites are hot properties lately. But how do other companies jump into the game and generate revenue through sites such as Facebook, texting hubs such as Twitter, or mobile meet-up services such as Dopplr? ...more

October 20, 2008

If after 35 years of training dogs Carol Lea Benjamin had to sum it all up, narrowing all of her collective wisdom into one tip, this is it: "Dogs need exercise, outside, every single day, rain or shine. That's actually tip No. 3 in Benjamin's latest book, "See Spot Sit: 101 Illustrated Tips for Training the Dog You Love" (Skyhorse Publishing, New York, NY, 2008; $12.95). "It's extremely rare to find a dog having a behavior problem who is getting enough exercise," she notes. ...more

July 13, 2008

After nearly a year of supposed debates formatted like low grade television quiz shows, moderated by talking-heads asking inane and pointlessly irrelevant gotcha questions targeting the minutia of personal histories; dutifully followed by an army of pollsters, who daily report their statistical finding like variations in the weather, we are finally approaching a point of alleged decision-making in the winnowing process of selecting the presidential candidates who will compete for the presidency of the United States in a general election to be held in November of 2008. The first narrowing of the field will result from a series of coffee klatches held by the matrons and patriots of Iowa. Shortly following these conclaves the minions of the maple syrup belt, the live free or die bunch; New Hampshire, will be polled and report their collective wisdom as to which two of the various political marathoners would, in their inspired judgment, best lead the country. What is seldom discussed is that these two states will have seven and four electoral votes respectively to cast in the general election which requires the winner to aggregate at least 270 electoral votes out of a possible 538. ...more

December 29, 2007