I’m at my drawing board, right now, penciling out a business plan. Picturing in my mind having groups of people learning the fundamentals of speaking to each other…
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: A National Day of Remembrance?
Sadly, the November 1, 2020 ‘National Day of Remembrance for Americans Killed by Illegal Aliens’, declared by President Trump a few days before the election, seems to be a PR ploy…
HMPRESENTLY: What Idioms!
“In California, you have a special mask. You cannot under any circumstances take it off. You have to eat through the mask,” said President Trump, quippingly…
HMPRESENTLY: PR Crisis in Heaven
Oh Lord, we’re closely monitoring a situation involving a rather fiendish individual in the American government…
HMPRESENTLY: Seeing The Tax Cut Through Rose-Colored Glasses
Spinning information can be habit forming; that’s why — if you happen to be a PR spokesperson — you try your darnedest to be somewhat disciplined…
HMPRESENTLY: Who’s From Here, Actually?
You have to wonder if government officials, who are all worked up about migrants coming to America, have checked their family trees…
HMPRESENTLY: Yours Are As Mind-Muddling As Ours
What does it take to be a ballot writer? Deceptive communication skills? A postgraduate degree in obfuscation?
HMPRESENTLY: Creaking & Cracking
The California Street building is different now. Not the overall look of the building; that hasn’t changed. But like many commercial buildings, the interior design changes as different business firms move in and out…
HMPRESENTLY: An 1807 Sonnet, a Dog and a BBQ
Can’t remember the last time I had the barbecue going, out back at our place in California. There’s been so much smoke from wildfires…
HMPRESENTLY: Weekend Follies
But, all of a sudden on Saturday, there they were, on giant big rigs, in one of those military parades… in North Korea…
HMPRESENTLY: Disconnects
But, the most troubling disconnect of all, would seem to be the growing disconnect between so-called ‘law and order’ and what has been described, through the ages, as “man’s inhumanity to man”…
HMPRESENTLY: The Artistry of Journalists
What a kick that was, with your adrenaline going like crazy! There could be monsoons or volcanic eruptions, just outside, but you’re laser-focusing on the journalist’s questions…
HMPRESENTLY: Working For The People?
“Nothing can stop him from working for the American people. RELENTLESS!” tweeted the president’s daughter and senior advisor, Ivanka Trump…
HMPRESENTLY: A Whole ‘Nother Story
Very recently, the nation’s intelligence agencies and the FBI expressed concerns about domestic terrorism carried out by far-right groups,,,
HMPRESENTLY: Unsettling Conversations
In the New York Post article, “Maëlle Gavet, a 15-year veteran of the tech industry, recalls an unsettling conversation she had at a Silicon Valley cocktail party in 2017…”
HMPRESENTLY: You Just Don’t Know…Until You Know
In the article, American political speechwriter and author, David Litt, notes that “Restrictive voting laws make casting a ballot disproportionately difficult for lower-income, non-white and young Americans”…
HMPRESENTLY: The Will of the People
A majority of Americans support Social Security, which various politicians seem so eager to abolish. The Pew Research Center reported, recently, that “74 percent of Americans say Social Security benefits should not be reduced in any way…”
HMPRESENTLY: Flummoxed!
Reading Jared Kushner’s words in the media, the other day — he said that “controversy elevates message” — I was wondering if that’s really so, considering what the president himself, and others around him, have been saying, lately…