Don’t Be So Quick To Appease

First off let me say that, in regard to this post, I have some reason to be biased.  I’ll just leave it at that.  You can decide the rest for yourself.
Last week, the Akron Beacon Journal, among many other news media outlets, reported  that officers of the Akron Police Department shot and killed 19-year-old Demetrus Vinson, who, officers say, pointed a firearm at one of [...]

Don’t Let Your Guy Break

“A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.” Ovid–Roman poet, 43 BC-17 AD
In the political world, the re-election campaign begins the day after the candidate is elected.  
While the campaign rallies and public debates may be over, the new office holder and those who work for him still have to work on promoting him to the public.  They have [...]

France Castrates Social Media

I love everything about what we’ve come to know as the “social media.”  To think that, with the necessary motivation and lack of any other more-pressing business to attend to, I can write and publish almost anything I want, and the whole world can read it.  
In particular, I like the fact that the traditional media now have to worry about the [...]

Don’t Fret Over All The “Chicks”

As a male who works in a profession dominated by other males, being enrolled in the public relations program at Kent State University gives me an opportunity to be something I’m usually not–a minority.
Every night at roll call, I sit in a room of approximately 20 other men and one woman. Us guys, being who we are, usually talk about guy stuff.  [...]