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I've won awards as a broadcast journalist and a marketing communications professional. I have also managed teams of communication professionals as a marketing executive with two Fortune 500 companies. As head of my own marketing

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Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center Should the US consider Ethiopia an ally despite its poor human rights record?: 1 of 43
It would be short-sighted for the U.S. to base its relationship with Ethiopia today exclusively on the questionable human rights record of its current government. Think about where human rights would be today in Afghanistan and Iraq if the U.S. was not involved. And, weren't the recent elections and subsequent public demonst... More..
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Christian: 1 of 35
A Dream... A Cartoon... and God... At St. Peter's Catholic Church on the lower east side of Manhattan, in the shadows of the World Trade Center's imposing twin towers, a NYC fire department chaplain contemplated the dream he had the night before. He struggled to find meaning in it since the situation he had found himself in... More..
Jobs & Careers > Employment Law Facing age discrimination in the workplace: 1 of 20
Age discrimination in the American workplace is a dirty little secret that may not stay one for much longer. In spite of existing laws that forbid it, last year 24,582 workers had claimed their employers discriminated against them in charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. 1 With our aging population,... More..
Health & Fitness > Nutrition & Health Issues What are the new super foods?: 2 of 28
Super Foods: A Prescription for Good Health Did you know that food is the fastest-acting and most powerful medicine you can take to change your life? This revelation is the product of a recent discovery called "nutrigenomics", a new science telling us that if we match the foods we eat to our body's needs, we can prevent and e... More..
Jobs & Careers > Layoffs & Firings Would you take a pay cut to save a coworker's job?: 1 of 13
Please Cut My Pay, Not My Coworkers' Job Once I understood how taking a pay cut to save a coworker's job would benefit me in the long run, it was an easy decision to make. Now, I want to help others come to the same conclusion because our collective future depends on it. An overstatement, you may be saying? Not really. Ju... More..
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Teachers and students: 1 of 10
Second-Grade Blues In his out-of-body/flashback experience, Al's mom was on her way to his school for its annual, school-wide, parent-teacher conference. Even after all these years, Al suddenly felt the same queasiness in his stomach that he did back then. He wanted his mom to be proud of him, but that depended on what Miss... More..
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Childhood memories: 3 of 25
A Painful Childhood Memory It was a tough period in Al's life at the time. His family had just moved to New York City from another part of the country because his father landed a new job there. He didn't have any friends and the only times the kids in his neighborhood paid any attention to him was to make fun of the way he... More..
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Survival: 4 of 32
Tower of Terror "Hey, Bill, Al blurted out loudly to his co-worker in the adjoining office, What the hell was that?" "I don't know, but I'm going to find out," Bill said as he rushed into Al's office. "It felt like an earthquake, but sounded like a bomb," Al offered. "Let's not get carried away. A bomb?" Bill chided. "I ... More..
Personal Finance > Banking Basics What happens when your bank closes?: 1 of 8
Bank Closings 2009: 106 and Counting A total of 106 banks in the United States have failed this year as of October 23 and experts forecast some 400 more struggling banks will likely follow them in the next several years. According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC) the current closings have cost it about $25 b... More..
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Consequences: 2 of 15
The Bag Lady Lower Manhattan, home of Wall Street, the World Trade Center and Battery Park, was bathed in the sunlight of a dawning day. As thousands of workers rushed to their offices in the area, a bag lady slowly rose to a sitting position on the train station bench beneath the World Trade Center where she spent the night.... More..