I have no idea why certain words come to me, usually between three and four in the morning. A friend of ours who’s studied strange phenomena, says it’s ‘woo-woo’…
Author: Harvey Radin
Harvey Radin is former senior vice president in charge of corporate communications and media relations, Bank of America Western Region. He makes his home in Redwood City, CA.
HMPRESENTLY: Are They Bold… or Impudently Disrespectful?
a Kansas City Star Editorial Board opinion piece noted that “Josh Hawley says trying to protect Americans from COVID-19 is ‘woke propaganda’…”
HMPRESENTLY: Coloradans Love Their Hershey Kisses
Texans like Starburst candy. Oklahomans are chewing on Skittles, the most, this year. It’s Swedish Fish for folks out in Georgia…
HMPRESENTLY: Acronyms in the Spotlight
TMTG, recently announcing former President Trump’s new SPAC-funded social media site, that may give Facebook, Twitter and other established social media sites a run for their money…
HMPRESENTLY: One Screwy Thing After Another
I started writing this column, featuring ‘screwy,’ late Wednesday, with something about reality shows in the first draft…
HMPRESENTLY: Does Anyone in Particular Come to Mind?
“Nearly every cult is headed by a single controlling leader,” a top expert on cults explains, in a novel I’m reading…
HMPRESENTLY: Amusingly Whacky TV … and Mightier Pens
I was talked into binge-watching a series of shows on cable TV, featuring totally dysfunctional — totally nuts — characters…
HMPRESENTLY: Basic Spin vs. Calculated Spin
When you hear a former U.S. president saying; “They’re making windmills all over the place, to ruin our land and kill our birds… to kill everything.” What’s he getting at?…
HMPRESENTLY: Time to Hang Up His Cleats?
But in contrast to all that, there was an article, in the Arizona Daily Star, about a 4,200 mile road trip that revealed something, perhaps, unexpected and refreshing…
HMPRESENTLY: Neighborhood Vibes
Even large birds that, this time of year, hunt for small fish in the lagoons, were kicking back for the moment…
HMPRESENTLY: That’s Communication, for You
Let’s use the word — ‘clarifying’ — as an adjective to describe communication…
HMPRESENTLY: Corporate Hippies I’ve Known
His hair was pretty long, as I recall – this was back in the late, swinging 60s of the cultural revolution – and his attire wasn’t at all corporate…
HMPRESENTLY: Thinking About Their Better Angels
“So do the shadows of our own desires stand between us and our better angels, and thus their brightness is eclipsed….”
HMPRESENTLY: If I Ruffle His Feathers Again, Will Donald Trump, At Last, Insult Me?
Didn’t he mock Pete Buttigieg, who’s now the nation’s Secretary of Transportation, by nicknaming him ‘Alfred E. Neuman’…?
HMPRESENTLY: Just Be Cool and Quit Messing Around, Says God
“You shall have no other gods before Me.” Maybe you’ve let that one, in the Ten Commandments, slide?…
HMPRESENTLY: Why Rudy?
But I keep wondering if other people applied for the job?…
HMPRESENTLY: My Mind’s Eye
There’s this guy, with his back to us, who, in my mind’s eye, isn’t wearing a mask…
HMPRESENTLY: Spin or Consequences?
There is another kind of spin, that’s also full of BS, that’s not so innocent…
HMPRESENTLY: In the Same Boat, Finney & Me
Michael Finney, who delves into consumer issues during his ABC-TV ‘7 On Your Side’ telecasts, is an institution, out here in the San Francisco Bay Area…