Thursday May 9, 2024

Rebuking The Boss

Donald Trump is the presumptive nominee for the Republicans, but that hasn’t spared him from criticism by members of his own party.  Here is House Speaker Paul Ryan’s take on Trump’s verbal jab at the judge handling the civil lawsuit against Trump University, a failed school.  It should be clear to Trump now, if it […]

Long-term Dysfunction

Citizens of Okinawa, Japan, have long wanted the US military off the island.  Every mistake by a US soldier, sailor or marine is cause for renewed anger and demonstrations.  Issues have become so sensitive that the US Navy has ordered its 18,600 sailors on the island to stop drinking off-base, and it has cancelled liberty for them as […]

Military Publicity

This article makes clear that the Naval installation where the reporter witnessed a rail gun in action is a top secret facility.  If it is top secret, how come it was being used to demonstrate a new weapon?  The Navy is lifting the veil on a revolutionary technology that someday might replace artillery.  There is […]

Tease

When something is well known and has a body of fans, the creator of that thing can use publicity sparingly as a tease.  This is what author J.K. Rowling is doing with her Harry Potter franchise.  She lets her fans know now and again some interesting point or facts not in the book series.  She […]

All Too Common

Journalists falling for fake news is all too common and growing more so by the day.  Reporters are suckers for what appears to be a good story and they run with it before making a phone call to verify the facts.  It is the job of PR practitioners to save members of the media from […]