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No Tax? No Snacks! Jul. 17, 2025
I agree with you, 100% Anybody who has a job today deserves mad respect, loud applause and free sna... Read More
Watch This Ad, Buy This Drug Apr. 19, 2023
Drug ads on TV are almost always annoying, and frightening, too, if you listen to the mandatory disc... Read More
A Waste of Money Jan. 20, 2023
Jesus was a refugee, at least in a sense. This was not a controversial statement until the last few ... Read More
Star Names Nov. 18, 2021
Week of November 21-27, 2021 With the holiday gift-giving season barreling toward us like an out-of-... Read More
The Name 'Carl' Is Under Attack. One Carl Wants To Defend Its Honor. Sep. 04, 2021
Carl contacted me. Not just any Carl. Carl. Carl was minding his business at home in Hilton Head, ... Read More
Say No to the Dumb Husband Advertising This Father's Day Jun. 20, 2021
With my dad gone for nearly 14 years, Father's Day stings slightly less than it did the first few. N... Read More
What's Next for Fox News? Dec. 03, 2020
I had to laugh when President Donald Trump got mad at Fox News. He really did think Fox News was no ... Read More
Maybe Smoke Got in Their Eyes Aug. 05, 2020
For more than a decade, tobacco companies have been compelled to sponsor antismoking advertising cam... Read More
The Problem of 'Anti-Racism' Jul. 01, 2020
Today, the nostrum goes, it is not enough for Americans to be not racist. They must be "anti-racist.... Read More
Microtargeting Jan. 11, 2020
When I go on Facebook, I don't see many ads for garden equipment, power tools or even big TVs and so... Read More
Disclosure and Federal Discrimination Laws Dec. 17, 2019
Many years ago, legislation was created to favor contractual "buyer beware" acknowledgments as a man... Read More
Your Consumer Behavior Is Keeping You Broke Oct. 17, 2019
Do you know what I love? Walking into my supermarket the day after Thanksgiving and hearing the best... Read More
Let George Do It Oct. 16, 2019
The phrase "let George do it" has long been popular with Americans. A few years ago, "George" was id... Read More
Remember: American Politics Is Very Imitative May. 25, 2019
It's a better than even bet that in Massachusetts today there is more than one ambitious young Democ... Read More
The TV Ad Guaranteed to Get Trump Reelected May. 05, 2019
Democrats aren't winning in 2020. They'll be lucky to avoid a Trump electoral landslide. Which is, ... Read More
Sandy Hook Parents Might Finally Break the Gun Industry's Immunity Shield Apr. 23, 2019
Toymakers whose toys injure kids can be sued. Carmakers that put dangerous cars on the highways and ... Read More
How to Navigate Negative Campaign Ads Oct. 25, 2018
For voters, this is the cruelest season. Negative ads are filling radio and TV airwaves, dominating ... Read More
Kaepernick and Nike Show the Morality of Capitalism Sep. 06, 2018
In many ways, the 2016 election was a victory for capitalism, with an allegedly socialist intellectu... Read More
Doctored Images Affecting Our Kids Apr. 20, 2018
Imagine being an impressionable child growing up in a world that bombards you with tens of thousands... Read More
What's Old, Cheap and Memorable? Aug. 17, 2017
Coca-Cola. I think we can all agree that's a pretty good brand name, right? Ever think about why? It... Read More
