I’m very fortunate to have grown up during the Golden Age of Advertising. That was a time from the mid 1950s until the mid 70s when ad agencies on Madison Avenue were riding high, and promotional messages were based on sound conceptual thinking. Who could forget Mikey who sold us Life ...

There has been concern, and for good reason, at some of the President-elects’ recent nominations for high office in Washington. As a veteran, I have been specially concerned about the announced pick for Secretary of Defense—a person known more for being a Fox News celebrity than for his ...

Today’s Thanksgiving column, which first ran in 2021, has excerpts from my 2021 eulogy for Mrs. Elf and is in thankfulness for our marriage: ♦♦♦ Once when you, My HilaryLove, came to visit, you shared strategy for five-card draw. Including this: When you have nothing in your hand, ...

Next week we celebrate Thanksgiving. At this point I have no plans but it will all come together. How Thanksgiving has changed down through the years. We used to go to Grandma Swanson’s but when she no longer could do it, we went to my sister-in-law’s. I always worked right up through ...

Who wants to buy a dozen doughnuts and throw 9 of them in the trash before they leave the store? That is about what you’re doing when buying gasoline for your car. Americans spend $179 on gasoline each month on average. That adds up to $2,148 a year. What makes this even worse, according ...

The American Dream for many people means starting a business and working for themselves. That’s a good thing because small businesses form the backbone of our economy. According to recent statistics from the U.S. Small Business Administration, 99.9% of American businesses are small and ...