Could Too Much Relaxing Be Playing with Fire? Has It Become an Outdated Custom to ‘Retire?’
If you want to stay healthy, not to mention solvent, forget about that aged concept called retirement! That’s the advice strategic wealth advisor and certified financial planner Nancy Hite gives to her clients, especially those in or approaching seniorhood. As living to 100 is becoming more common, here’s what you should do, says the author of…
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And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil.
Since this is about temptation, let me start by seeing if I can tempt our governor. I want to lead Gov. DeSantis into considering what Florida Catholic bishops are urging him to do, which is to be merciful and not adhere to the law of retaliation, “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a…
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Life on Parade!
Wait a minute, hold on! Hear the whistle? Time to awake, get in line! For life’s a parade in which we all play a part and it’s about to start! Yes, friendships become frayed, successes evade, even love might fade, But they’ll always be emeralds and jade, arousing serenade, pink lemonade. So, whatever you do, let…
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What Happened in Dawn’s Early Light, Making So Proudly We Hailed Disappear!
What happened to our country’s brave colors, our flag? Who or what took it down from where it had waved triumphantly from the rock jetty near our beachfront condo in Boca Raton, FL? Why did it go missing in action after bravely withstanding so many weeks of combat with high winds and heavy rain? Yesterday when…
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Momentous Speeches Make America Great
And on this day, Nov. 19, one of the most momentous of them all was delivered on a battlefield in Gettysburg by a President eager to end a bloody civil war. It took Abraham Lincoln only two minutes to deliver in 1863 what will resonate and last forever in the hearts and minds of Americans when…
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There’s Nothing We Can Do About Aging, But Leave Retirement in Baggage Claim
Here’s one for sure I would leave in baggage claim. It’s the kind of commercial you hear pitched repeatedly on CNBC, CNN and FOX to which I confess I watch too much. In three years, you’ll be glad you invested in __________! At this stage, the furthest I think ahead are just days, like tomorrow, maybe…
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From Police to Presidents, the Pleasure Serving Comes Mostly from Helping Others!
Of all President Trumps wheeling and dealing, watching his signing this latest deal with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, I couldn’t help thinking perhaps this gave him the most pleasure. It reminded me of what a police officer friend once told me that his greatest pleasure came not from arresting people but helping them. How true!…
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Why are Central Banks so Hungry for Gold?
If Goldilocks was tasting the porridge big central bank bears are cooking up and consuming more of than U.S. Treasuries during these debt-mounting days, she’d probably be into that shiny stuff the same color as her hair—gold! Now like many others, I too am finding that color more delicious to tip my investment toes into than…
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For what or for whom will you be marching, And wishing happiness on this Thanksgiving?
People march on Thanksgiving to express their gratitude for family and health, and food on the table. Thanksgiving is the time to reflect on the simple joys in life, to express our gratitude for both big and small blessings. But for many, these are mishigas times, so there will be more that many will seek to have more plentifully this Thanksgiving, perhaps more intensely than ever before!…
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Boo! DDidn’t mean to scare you, or maybe I ddid, just for FFun!
I’m wishing everyone not just a horrifying but a safe and Happy Halloween! Enjoy all the funny and wicked little pranks accompanying all the playful Halloween antics sometimes mixed with a little maddeningly menacing mischief, but let’s make it not just joyfully thrilling, but safe! So please stash away all muskets for The Chalfonte is not…
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What’s Really the Best Course for America Right Now?
In this high-stakes political game of poker called the government shutdown, I can’t help wondering if the major political parties truly have the best interest of our country and most of us, its population, in both their heart and mind. Or is it once again what position will win the most favor, motivate the most financial…
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When Doctor Says You Have ‘The Common Cold,’ You’re at a Grand Opening Event
The way my doctor’s voice resonated on the word “common” made it sound almost presidential, like I was an honored guest at a grand opening event, light years from anything remotely pedestrian, ordinary or commonplace. Ironically coming on the heels of those massive “No Kings” protests across the country, coming down with the common cold is…
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Blocking Hurricanes, Will He Deport Them too? How Vast is a President’s Meteorological Might?
Have you seen the latest weather reports? That last restless mob of killer hurricanes apparently preferred to stay offshore. Could our go-getter president’s rapid thoughts and clenched-fisted actions be so far reaching they’ve extended even offshore? Could Trump’s toughness be making even giant hurricanes leery? Perhaps thinking twice before landing onshore? Not too long ago…
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You’ll Enjoy More of Las Vegas When You ‘Walk On By’ Betting
No, it’s not easy, but highly possible. When you pass by all those alluring tables and sparkling slot machines beckoning you over to bet, you can win in Vegas just by following songstress Dionne Warwick’s advice back in the 1960’s in her hit song “Walk On By.” All the gaming sure looks friendly and inviting, but…
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Trends ‘Spin Man’ Sees In His Ebullient Field of PR?
Working in or with a PR firm can truly become an extension of yourself, your company or brand and depending on how good the PR, that extension can be straight, crooked or contradictory to a position you proclaimed in the past out loud. The trends that I see in my profession today are attractive but a…
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Before you can enlighten anyone in PR, You must first enlighten yourself!
Yes, enlightenment is the lifeblood of public relations. But before your ideas can sink in, you must first learn how to land them like rainbows striking those whom want to inspire colorfully. To impress and hold what’s so precious in this world, people’s attention, your news needs to flash and sparkle with as much color, wit…
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After you die, if only one part of you could return, Which would you want it to be? Your spleen? Liver?
How about your legs? No, they’d just always want to walk or run up and down stairs, go back and forth, to and from, endlessly do what they were designed to do, go places! Okay, how about your stomach? Would you like that part back? Not really, that’s just an organ constantly digesting food, producing acids…
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Charlie Kirk’s murder underscores too often a role Violence plays in our lives, careers and culture
By Tom Madden Yes, we’re a free country, but why do some think they’re free to murder political opponents, slaughter those with whom they disagree, behave like they’re tzars? Is this not what happened in Utah yesterday to conservative activist Charlie Kirk just for speaking out for his Republican values, for praising his champion, President Trump,…
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Hey Guys, It’s Cool to be Catholic! Don’t Believe it? Check Out Two Guys on the Highway to Sainthood!
If you never saw a teenage Saint in a polo shirt, or posting on social from a cell phone, get ready. Soon you’ll be asking Blessed Carlo for a lift! Upward! Finally, someone who looks like a typical millennial today is enroute to sainthood. Pope Leo will canonize Blessed Carlo Acutis, along with Blessed Pier Giorgio…
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Majestic Through Warmest of Years, In 2050, Lady Liberty Gets a Vacation
On Labor Day 2050 with thermometers surpassing 125 degrees, President Karloff will sign an Executive Order to rewrite what has become too attractive a message that’s now “overworking freedom and driving liberty a bit berserk.” The President today aimed both barrels from his high perch in the State of Columbia at what was once meant as…
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Two Robots Talking About Ancient Species Of Early Earth Inhabitants Called ‘Humans’
R1: I was reading about a tribe or species that were called humans and how they used to behave in an extraordinary manner before thankfully tech took over. R2: How extraordinary were they? Thank Bod, we’re not puman. R1: (Red light flashes) My AIJ deciphers that as unsuccessful attempt at what humans termed humor, which has…
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Exercising Memories Keeps Them in Shape; Helps Having Worked with Celebs Like Goldwater
Memories are just like our bodies needing exercise to keep them healthy, fit and fresh, so they’ll stay vigorously vivid longer in our minds, hopefully to the very end of those fantastic events we call our lives. This is why I often recall highlights of my star-filled years in the Big Apple during what for me…
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Hiroshima Marked 80 Years Since U.S. Made Japanese City Resemble Gaza Today
Watching the event marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and three days later Nagasaki, I couldn’t help thinking of the devastation in Gaza today, albeit on a smaller scale than what the most horrific blast the world has ever seen had caused decades ago. Hopefully it will never…
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My D-A-Y Job Did Spin Me Into Roller Coaster Fun!
Come along, fasten your seat belt and I’ll take you on a short ride through my (drum roll) triumphant career in public relations, still not quite over. During my scramble up that ladder of success, if anyone told me to stop spinning, inventing and creating, it would be like telling the Federal Government to stop spending or President…
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Why is Nancy Hite, CFP® Like Having Lady Lancelot At Your Financial Planning Round Table?
BOCA RATON, FL — Those fortunate to have Lady Lancelot Nancy at their side advising on financial matters are highly likely to outlive their income. Yes, to those who consult Nancy Hite, CFP® for financial guidance she’s more than a skilled financial planner, fiduciary and founder of The Strategic Wealth Advisor®. She’s like their Lady Lancelot…
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Yes, ‘Eye’m Seein’ Much Better, Feelin’ Fit as a Fiddle! Thanks Doc, For Shooin’ Away Those Frisbee Floaters
Before I went to see my eye doctor, I was looking a bit degenerate! The floaters were busily buzzing across my right eye. It’s called macular degeneration, but don’t worry my darling, it’s light years from masculine degeneration! Now Dr. Pooja Garg, my masterful M.D. and a board certified vitreo-retinal surgeon and a native of sunny…
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How Glorious to Know the Holiest of Numbers! Then to Call Our Lord on Our Very Own Cell Phone!
What if we could call our Lord on our cell phones. Text God when we want to run something by Him. How inspiring. How comforting. How miraculous would that be? Sure, we speak to God in our prayers, but what about having a conversation. How do we reach Him directly? What’s His number? It’s unlisted! If…
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Making People Laugh These Days Is Like Climbing the Matterhorn
Whatzermatter? Not funny? Is humor rising to new heights jokesters must climb? Ever been to the Swiss Alps? Felt adventurous enough to go mountain climbing? Well, if you’re planning to be funny, you’d better get yourself some mountaineering boots, take along an ice axe, wear a headlamp and bring plenty of rope! When it comes…
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‘Me, Myself and I’ and So Should You and Everyone Salute One of the Most Heroic Leaders of All Time, Winston Churchill
“Me, myself and I,” Rita teased me when I told her what had inspired me to read Larry P. Arnn’s insightfully engrossing book about one of, perhaps THE world’s greatest of, war heroes, Winston Churchill. Churchill was certainly one the most eloquent statesman who ever lived, who didn’t just hold, but epitomized the high office he…
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Applaud a Tour de Force Fourth
Thirteen colonies when we outed Now look how we’ve sprouted. Still America tis of thee,The sweetest land of liberty! Let’s spend this tour de force 4th,Counting our blessings back and forth. Our founding fathers gave birthTo now the leading country on this earth! So let there be genuine mirth!Just curb the drinking, watch thy girth We celebrate…
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America is a Nation with strength that rocks, When our President sees a threat, he socks
So, wise up Iran, stop messin’ around, And now store all your munitions in the open above ground. Now you know what suddenly can happen. So, we trust you’ll now be actin’ with transparency a crackin’. Please don’t risk another smack on the jaw, Or you’ll be seein’ how rapidly a regime’s fervor can thaw. Most…
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When Cometh a Nuclear Threat Is It Better to Act or Not to Act
Whether you like him or you don’t, whether you voted for him or you didn’t, one thing is crystal clear, which is this, we have president who is unafraid to act to save a whole population from nuclear devastation. When it comes to dealing with what strongly appears to be a highly likely, rapidly oncoming, imminent…
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Hail Holy Diet’s First Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Overeat!
Overeating stokes evil into hearts, and mines called tummies. Belly full, still sinners yearn for yummies. Why art thou fascinated by fat, so clung to cholesterol? Why so many self-indulgent dummies? Thumbing noses at thin, makes the devil win. And in that pitiful process, thou shalt commit dietary sin. Watch how it balloons thy stomach;…
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For Unbiased Analysis of AI, I’d Stroll a Different Boardwalk, From This PR Guy’s POV, It’s a Bit Too Quick on the Trigger
A short time ago a publisher friend asked me if I would like to be interviewed on how I see AI changing PR. I had to tell her the truth that I’d probably be the worst person to interview about AI as I don’t use it that much and frankly there are aspects I don’t trust.…
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The Harder You Work, The Luckier You’ll Be!
First, let me introduce myself, but without sounding too self-promotional, which isn’t easy as I’ve had a somewhat catapultic career. Sure, some call it luck, but I’ve always found if you work hard enough, luck will find you and people will pat you on the back and say you’re one helluva lucky guy. I started out…
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The Magnificent Sevens
Not just a lucky number, 7 plays a starring role in films, pops up in songs like Taylor Swift’s Seven, sails the seven seas and soars inspiringly throughout the Bible! From Disney’s Seven Dwarfs accompanying Snow White to The Magnificent Seven fighting for what’s right, there is something not just mystically magnificent, but majestically memorable, even…
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Help, Planetary Lifeguard! Tree in Trouble at Chalfonte
Fellow Chalfonteers, as a former Atlantic City, NJ lifeguard, I can’t help wanting my Planetary Lifeguard to rescue this poor, lonely stump of tree in a sea of trouble day after day in front of our condo. But I’m not sure whether to pull him or it further in or push it further out of our…
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Come Fly with Me, With Odds and Ends Let’s Fly Away Then float down to Peru
Lou: I took a flight with my dentist last week. Bud: Oh yea, that’s nice. Where’d you go? Lou: Two Crowns. Dr. Viner crowned me twice. Bud: Oh? Lou: Yea, the crowns may have solved problems I was having, still I don’t feel at all kingly like Charles or even the slightest bit royal. (rim shot)…
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Why Risk What You Treasure Most? Please Hold That Thought!
Isn’t it better to erase words off blackboards in our minds we’ll regret later having said? Whether you were married in a church or before a justice of the peace, isn’t marriage a kind of religion to practice, to believe in, hold sacred? Words uttered in anger can provoke horrid outcomes, excommunications from that marital…
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Where Did Your Religion Originate? The Middle East, The Indian Subcontinent?
What religion we adopt or that adopts us usually stems from where in the world we were born and most likely from what faith our parents practiced. Mine were Catholic. So, soon after I was born, they had me baptized and later confirmed in their faith when I was still a kid growing up in what…
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What’s Better? Celebrating Starts or Finishes? Words and How We Say Them Make a Difference!
Sorry, I’m a wordsmith who just can’t help constantly criticizing and critiquing communications. I even write blogs and books about it, one titled “Spin Man.” Even at the condo where I live in Florida, occasionally I’ll politely criticize usage of certain words I feel are in the wrong place at the wrong time. Here’s what I…
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Among Climate Activists at Pope Francis’ ‘Beginning of Something’ was Planetary Lifeguard in Loving Spirit
Among those who attended Pope Francis’ funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome was an army of climate activists for whom Francis was a climate blessing. He saw dying “not the end of everything, but the beginning of something.” Planetary Lifeguard™ was certainly among them, at least in spirit, as he believes the Pope…
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Among Climate Activists at Pope Francis’ Funeral Will be Planetary Lifeguard in Loving Spirit for His Climatic Hero
Among those attending Pope Francis’ funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome will be an army of climate activists for whom Francis was not only an inspiring pastoral pope, but a climate blessing. Planetary Lifeguard™ will certainly be among them, at least there in spirit, as he believes the Pope appreciated his blowing the…
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Hey Guys, It’s Cool to be Catholic
If you never saw a teenage Saint in a polo shirt, or posting on social from a cell phone, get ready. Soon you’ll be asking Blessed Carlo for a lift! Upward! Finally, someone who looks like a typical millennial today is enroute to sainthood. Can you tell which statues in the picture above are of…
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Once was my home
I couldn’t help thinking of the number 3 today as a few years ago, I bought a home at 333 S. Maya Palm Dr. in a private residential section of Boca Raton, FL. Then two years later, I sold it for a little less than what I paid because it needed a new roof. Today…
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Whenever Condo Carpeting Gets Overly Complex Consult his Majesty, King of Carpet Crisis Management
That’s me. I’m King of the Condo, the title of one of my books. I wrote it while I was president of one in South Palm Beach. You see, when selecting a carpet for a condo, often discord arises sometimes requiring one of my specialties, carpet crisis management. If so, here are steps I’d recommend that…
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Is President Trump the New Clark Gable Ensuring America’s Not Gone with the Wind?
If you had to compare President Trump and Melania to classic movie stars, I would strongly suggest Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh in Gone with the Wind. Imagine Melania running up to Trump as he’s leaving Mar-a-Lago and shouting that his tariffs are causing havoc in the stock market. His answer: “Frankly my dear, I don’t…
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FOX News Peeks Behind Crude Curtain at Government’s Caveman Record Keeping
If you had to compare President Trump and Melania to classic movie stars, I would strongly suggest Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh in Gone with the Wind. Imagine Melania running up to Trump as he’s leaving Mar-a-Lago and shouting that his tariffs are causing havoc in the stock market. His answer: “Frankly my dear, I don’t…
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Thanks to President Trump, We Have a Synonym for ‘Terrified,’ We’re Now ‘Tariffied’ by the Calamity Caused by Tariffs
But if you invest in the devastated stocks, it’s a good terror because you’ll double or triple your investment . . . if your “tariffied!” Thank you, President Trump. You just made me a genius investor! And you inspired me to invent a new word: tariffied! While everyone’s running for the hills and the exits, I’m…
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Would Portraying Their Ventures as Gutsy Create More Empathy for the Wealthy Set?
Those who have achieved great wealth in our society often have the acumen and skills from which many benefit, mainly in the jobs their innovativeness creates, or we’re all living happier, healthier, longer lives from products, methods and technologies they adopt, discover or bring about in their ascent to billionaire hood. In a way, they are…
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She’s Another Marilyn Lookalike Messenger, But This One Calls Me a ‘Man Without Manners’
Here’s my response to the craziness on Messenger ballooning with friend requests, especially from girls on phishing expeditions or fraudsters after money. I receive a friendly text from this gorgeous gal who resembles one of my favorite movie stars, whose picture is above, and beyond beautiful, the iconic Marilyn Monroe whose captivating image even graces my…
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Will E.P.A. Realign with ‘Drill Baby Drill,’ By Removing All Environmental Seat Belts?
Has there been a profound change of heart about heat, and how not to treat it, high up the ladder in our government? Trump’s new E.P.A. administrator Lee Zeldin seems in sync with his boss’s view that climate change is not a problem. So, is Zeldin also a fan of drill baby drill and see his…
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Hey Man, Fossil Fuels Have Your Back, An Upbeat Energy Secretary Assures African Leaders in Washington DC
With the average surface temperature on earth the warmest on record in 2024 having unleashed some of the worst floods, fires and hurricanes, I can’t help wondering why the hell are we telling Africans fossil fuels are their future. But you know something, Energy Secretary Chris Wright just might be telling it like it is or…
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Terrorist Pneumonia, Release Your Hostage, Our Beloved Breathless Pontiff, Pope Francis
I’m counting the days when our 88-year-old Pontiff recovers fully from this stressful bout he’s having with double pneumonia having invaded both lungs of His Holiness. May he soon be freed by this terrorist, pneumonia! This prolonged pneumonia has affected, sometimes crippled Pope Francis’s breathing, requiring him to stay in hospital spending nights on mechanical ventilation…
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Planet Earth Needs Planetary Lifeguard™ Blowing the Whistle on Climate Change
BOCA RATON, FL.—Lifeguards at Florida’s top luxury resort The Boca Raton are raving about author Tom Madden’s latest book, Planetary Lifeguard. Planetary Lifeguard reports on the havoc carbon emissions from fossil fuels are causing mother earth and what we must do to save her. Madden who lives just up the beach from The Boca Raton was a…
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There Are Two Types of Cancers in Our Society, One That’s Inside Our Bodies, The Other Outside Known as Homelessness
For a long time, I’ve had a soft spot in my heart for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the roots of which stemming from the time I bumped into the comedian who would become its Founder It was on a warm sunny day in LA when I couldn’t help noticing his highly contagious smile alongside me…
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Beach Breaking News: ‘U.S. And Russia Eye Thaw In Relations As Diplomats Meet’
Returning from another long brisk walk on the beach, I’m following my sweetheart Rita heading back toward our condo, The Chalfonte, when I see this scrap of newspaper sticking out of the sand almost as it had its thumb out looking to bum a ride from me, maybe a read. What stopped me in my tracks…
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ACT 2 The Feel-Good Finale of Helicopter Love Story By Tom Madden
The Helicopter Romance has landed, but far from grounded. While helicopter pilot George is back on the earth safely landed, his heart is still flying miles high. His mission now is to find that marvelous Marilyn to propose to, then make love to her right where she lives in towering beauty, that magnificent beachfront edifice, The…
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Enjoy Act 1, ‘Helicopter Love Story.’ If Hallmark Likes, Chalfonte Wins ‘Most Romantic Condo’
Alternate titles: Helicoptic Love, Hearts on Helicopters. Treatment for Helicopter Love Story: WGAE_CERTofREG_#1375515 By Tom Madden Act 1, Scene 1 The beautiful blonde Marilyn Marconi at first glance resembles Marilyn Monroe how she looked at the tail end of her illustrious movie career, still beautiful but a tiny bit aged, then doing scenes with a much…
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When Interview’s Over and Host ‘Thanks You,’ Say ‘My Pleasure,’ Not ‘Thanks for Having Me’
I couldn’t help thinking about this phrase “thanks for having me” after watching probably the 50,000th interview on CNBC to which I’m usually glued when the stock market’s open and either congratulating my picks or chuckling at my puts. When I hear a guest conclude a segment saying, “thanks for having me,” it sounds to me…
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ROKiT Industries Has A Quick Solution To The Painful Aftermath Of California’s Fires In The Form Of Safe, Low-Cost Homes For The Now Many Homeless
An inexpensive humane solution for homelessness for disaster victims not only in California, but North Carolina, Florida and Texas now is quickly available, proving quality, affordability, and sustainability can all come together compassionately. The cost for a safe and affordable temporary home for a family to live in while their destroyed home is being rebuilt can be obtained in…
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Another Round of Presidential Poker?
As I said the other day, President Trump could be the smartest poker player on the planet. And maybe he’s at it again. This time he’s promising soon we’ll own the war-torn Gaza Strip transforming the demolished territory into a thriving Middle Eastern Riviera. The challenge for his opponents is always his sometimes-uncanny style, his unpredictable…
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In a High Stakes Poker World, Playing Hands Smart Wins Pots
Many think tariffs are a firing squad in a circle with rifles pointed inward. Others believe they are smart bargaining chips that if played well could spark opportunities, inflame weaklings and motivate opponents to do what we want them to do for their own good, as well as ours. And if you bluff right, stick your…
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In an Instant, Everything Changed.
Christopher Reeve’s Fight for Truth, Justice and the American Way was suddenly and grievously grounded! Besides skiing, gliding and flying, the actor loved horseback riding. And one sunny day just before a jump, his horse stopped abruptly sending him hurtling headlong, quite un-Superman-fully into the ground headfirst. And it was that instant that changed everything. Or…
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Have Ants in Your Pants to Fight Climate Change? Good, They Just Might Help Us Win!
Here they are, ready to crawl! Hope I’m not making too much of a mountain out of an anthill, but ants may be among our best friends, albeit our smallest. First, like us, they’re social creatures dependent upon one another for survival. They carry their dead to a resting place, which may not be as final…
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How Trump’s Inauguration Looked Dashing to Me
Happy and smiling President Trump’s inauguration reminded me of the time in Philly when I was with college buddies havin’ a good ole time at a fraternity party at Temple U. in that state where he clobbered Kamala, Pennsylvania. The beaming President’s fantastically beautiful First Lady Melania in that cool dark, wide-brimmed hat amid her…
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Man, Could This English Guy Probe!
Stephen John Sackur is the amiable, but no-nonsense journalist who hosted HARDtalk, a current affairs interview program on BBC World News and the BBC News Channel. Too bad the BBC decided to axe such an addictive program featuring such insightful investigative journalism after nearly 30 years, which I so appreciated, and lately have been watching reruns.…
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While Fires Destroy, They Also Inflame Magnanimous, Compassionate Feelings
First and ever foremost are the brave firefighters tirelessly battling the monstrous California wind-blown fires around the clock risking their lives and fighting hard to save lives and property. They feel mightily determined to succeed and we cheer and bless them all. Next come the good people, the nonprofits providing food, clothing and shelter for the…
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Lifeguard Says AI Enables Us to Swim Further Out, But Be Careful, Don’t Drown!
What is the canary in the cognitive coal mine telling us now that we’ve entered the Age of AI? Not too long ago, we saw GPT-3’s ability to complete our thoughts. Then many started using ChatGPT for emails and reports and who knows what’s next? Now some human minds are even starting to outsource their thinking…
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From Where Do Names For Businesses Come? Mine Flew In One Day From The Sky?
The name TransMedia flew in one day and landed in my head. Later, as the PR business took off and we had publicists threading PR needles working out of different airports and home ports, I renamed it TransMedia Group. This happened after I had fired myself off from planet NBC at 30 Rock to launch my…
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Headline in I STAND FOR FREEDOM Article Cites ‘Humiliating Moment’ in Biden’s Address About Carter. Was That Fair?
An article in the publication I STAND FOR FREEDOM noted “the latest evidence” of President Biden’s cognitive decline was his Sunday night address to the nation mourning the death of his dear friend, former President Jimmy Carter. But I thought Biden’s speech was more touching emotionally, more deeply heart felt than cognitively revealing. Biden, like many…
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While Reading 88 Names is Noble, How About Rescuing Homeless, Treating and Housing Them Before They Die!
In the spirit of disambiguation, my thoughtful son Andrew points out that 8’s laying sideways are symbols of infinity. Should homelessness be infinite? Those poor miserable people experiencing homelessness throughout the U.S. reached the highest level ever in 2024, topping 770,000, an increase of more than 18 percent driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing.…
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Ahoy, Seafarers! Cruises Make Memorable, Crispier Rewards For the Top Performers in Your Business
Ahoy there, smart sailor. Rita and I just returned from a four-day fun-filled, foody delicious Virgin Voyages round-trip cruise out of Port of Miami to Key West and Bimini. At the last minute, we had to scrap docking at the latter port due to brisk winds, strong currents and choppy seas, but no one seemed disappointed…
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An Open Letter to the Producer of . . .
Having just returned home from a cruise, I find this email from the creator, owner and executive producer of The Author Show, Danielle Hampson to which I had to reply for all to see. First, here’s what she wrote, and then my response: Dear Tom, After 19+ wonderful years producing The Authors Show, I’m stepping away to…
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Scary How Evil Sometimes Comes with a Friendly Smile
If you met this looney Luigi in a McDonald’s, you might have shared a table with him, or on the streets of Manhattan, maybe a cab or a park bench in Central Park. He looked so charming and friendly. He’s the epitome of hate with a smile. Ironically, he and I have much in common. We’re…
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Sure, Mr. President-elect, Uncontrolled Immigration Was a Winning Topic, But Let’s Not Lose Sight of the Human Side
May your next term Mr. President-elect not become one mired in retribution and recrimination as some peevish prognosticators incensed by their party losing the election so profoundly are caustically predicting. That’s how prickly prophets like former Secretary of Labor under President Clinton Robert Reich is blabbing like an online fortune teller how you plan to target…
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My Majestic Thanksgiving
I don’t know about you, but I ate the largest turkey leg in recorded history. I had to hold it with two hands which made me feel like King Henry the 8th! Then after two glasses of Veuve Clicquot and a glass or two of Chateau St Michelle merlot, several succulent scoops of exquisitely mashed sweet…
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Energy Aplenty
Living beside a carbon-allergic, rambunctious ocean, We’re appealing to Trump to keep an open mind.For us, keeping climate change in check is hardly an option,or calamities will come, and leave us supine? We hear Planetary Lifeguard blowing his whistle,waves getting wilder and closer to shore.If Trump can tame energy, before we’re in a pickleWho wouldn’t want…
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You Know What Impresses Me More Than That Smile of Yours, Mr. President-Elect? Your Unstoppable Energy!
As one of the millions who believe in you, Donald J. Trump, who voted for you, who respects you, I want you to reconsider that which you have such an abundance of yourself and now is in your capable hands, energy–the world’s energy! Planetary Lifeguard, a character I created to blow the whistle on climate change,…
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Inefficient Bureaucrats Better ‘Get out of Dodge’ Before Two New Sheriffs Ride into DC Town
Soon there’ll be two new efficiency sheriffs in the town of the District of Columbia. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswami expect their new Department of Government Efficiency DOGE to be telling entire federal agencies to “get out of Dodge.” If you ever saw the TV series Gunsmoke, you’ll know that expression means to saddle up and…
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Imagine How an All-Time Film Noir Classic ‘To Die For’ Cabinet Might Look Like
Imagine It Delivering Death-Defying Defense with Finesse,Coupled With More Than a Smattering of Brute Force Intelligence Gathering and Vaccine Vetting Consider what some will see as Preposterous, others as Perfect Picks! Co-Directors of Department of Government EfficiencyMike Tyson, Hulk Hogan Secretaries of Homeland SecuritySylvester “Rocky” Stallone Co-Secretaries of DefenseAlec Baldwin, Machine Gun Kelly Secretary of the…
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FIGHTING FOR A CAUSE, HERE’S THE LIMITLESS ENERGY YOU WANT TO HARNESS, AMERICA’S #1 HERO, DONALD TRUMP!
Donald Trump just won a major battle against democrats, but he’s not at war with DEI, diversity, equity and inclusion, so recruit him. Engage him. Inspire him! If you win him over, you’ll be harnessing that awesome energy of his for a rightful cause! Some critics have said Trump has shown dictator tendencies, but he is…
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Bye Bye Both Buoy and Biden’s VP
Just like Kamala washed up a few months ago as a presidential candidate, this helpless clunky visitor washed ashore a few days ago on our beach in Boca Raton, Fl. From where the buoy came, other than the deep blue, I haven’t a clue. While watching the Harris/Walz ticket bobbling in the polls, Rita and…
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My Résumé, Part Two. But No Worries, I’m Not a Lifeguard Anymore, nor am I Running for any Office, but Just Keeping It Updated
Help, I’m Drowning! That’s a fuzzy picture of me at 21 where I used to work. That was my age then, not me at “21 Club” in Manhattan where much later in my boomerang life I’d hang out with my then boss Fred Silverman unwinding after long stomach churning workdays at 30 Rock in NYC. That’s…
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Here’s My Résumé, but Don’t Worry, I’m Not Running for President, Just Keeping it, Shall We Say, Updated
First, I like to spell résumé with the accent marks. I think it looks chicer to adopt a word and spell it as it is in another language, in this case French, so ooh la la with those smart marks sticking out so worldly, majestically. They give me, a guy from Atlantic City, NJ a sort of…
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Is it Fair to See Bezos Cancelling the Washington Post’s Endorsement of Kamala as a Sign of Fascistic Tendencies?
I just wrote a blog disagreeing with Kamala’s branding Trump a fascist and now Bezos, an entrepreneur I’ve long admired, seems to be behaving like one himself. I’m beginning to see now in Bezos, I hate to say it, our Democracy perhaps on the verge of becoming mortally sick in darkness. Is it not a sign…
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Sure, Trump Might be Frivolous and Flamboyant, Even Facetious at Times, But He’s Hardly a Fascist
Perhaps those who are saying Donald Trump is a fascist aren’t used to hanging around someone so freewheeling and spontaneous with speech, yet razor smart on so many subjects and a big fan of freedom and our democracy. Those serious-looking, humorless generals who once served under the former President perhaps were unaccustomed to leaders who are…
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For Even the Most Perfect PR Pitch, You Need a Practiced Pitcher!
Regardless of how inspiring the presentation, or how friendly and likeable the presenters, when selecting a PR firm to represent your business, don’t just concentrate on how well they’re dressed, how professional they sound or what they’re promising to achieve. If you want the most predictable indicator of future results, the most telling sign will be…
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Candidates With Inflammatory Rhetoric May Need Derogatory Speech Surgery!
“She’s mentally impaired,” the former President of the United States loudly labels his opponent, the current Vice President, both competing for the highest office in the land. “He’s unhinged,” she fires back in one of those saloons called a campaign rally. In the race for Florida’s Senate seat, an ad for Democratic challenger, former Rep. Debbie…
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The Tale of Two Milton’s
One was a silly uncle who made millions laugh their heads off Tuesday nights, while the other blew roofs off one wicked Wednesday some 70 years later. That plus the liquidity consequences the first Milton had on water levels, the second on gas shortages, and other horrors that were hardly a laughing matter. One thing for…
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Meet The New AI Sheriff Protecting Privacy
When it comes to privacy protection, take a lesson from that crafty California Governor Gavin Newsom and what he just did to keep his posse’s privacy safely corralled out of harm’s way. And oh yes, he’s been busy a checkin’ for AI outlaws digitally ridin’ into town. The sure-footed, quick on the draw, yet sensitive sheriff…
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Ironically Honoring Ditty While Lawlessness Below Making City Look More Like ‘MADhattan’
Just a few weeks ago in Manhattan, Mayor Eric Adams happily honors Puff Daddy with “Keys to the City” despite the rapper’s history of arrests and legal troubles. Soon Diddy goes on trial there for sex trafficking and racketeering, but who can forget his shows like BadBoys of Comedy on HBO. Here’s a Palm Beach ROX…
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Can You Read Seaweed as Well as I do?
Yes, one of the languages I speak is Seaweed. And this glaring message in Seaweed is telling me this morning to get my rearend out of bed and come down to the beach for my daily walk. And trash collecting! I’ll be right there! Blessed our those, myself and Rita among them, who live beside or…
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Mayor Scott Singer, this must stop, Before These Loose Pets Bite Someone
BOCA RATON, FL.–More and more these days we’re seeing men and woman walking on the beach in front of our condo with their pet dogs unleashed, often running loose and wildly 20 or 30 yards ahead of or behind them. Some of these free running animals are large, formidable looking German Shepherds which on even the…
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Long Live Memories of Kathryn and Bing Here They Were at Romanoff’s in 1959
My college buddy Barry Lane emailed me Saturday from Canada this sad news. One of my all-time favorite clients, who had become a dear friend, Kathryn Crosby, died the day before at her home in Hillsborough, CA. As her publicist and friend, I had visited her many times there when we weren’t on the road traveling…
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What Do Abe Lincoln and the Telegraph Have in Common with Artificial Intelligence?
For those who fear AI could one day become a technology tyrant taking control of us human beings, you had just as concerned counterparts in the mid 1800’s. Americans then were just as alarmed by a new, frightening phenomenon–electricity. In the 1850’s, many believed a ferocious evil cat had been let out of a dark bag…
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That Was More a Facial Expression Face-off: Trump’s Contempt Vs. Kamala’s ‘Give me a Break’
It was billed as a debate, but quickly became a contest more of facial expressions than words. Listening to Kamala, Trump’s face would flash expressions from utter disdain to downright grizzly contempt. His glares and sardonic smiles showed what he thought about what she was saying about him and the audacity to call him names, he…
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Light is Might for Mota!
“Good choice,” I told Michael Mota when he approved this photo. It’s to go with a news release in response to stories in a newspaper seeking to paint him a color opposite to one he’s wearing. Because of a series of stories all by one dogged reporter at the Boston Globe seeming bent on darkening Mota’s…
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Are Not Cell Phones We Hold So Dear Tiny Liberty Torches Autocrats Fear?
You poor, huddled masses now with gleeAway from suffering you left back home.Fulfilling that nagging yearn to be free,Hold high the torch, freedom’s cell phone Are not the cell phones we carry through thick and thin our own tiny torches for liberty? Are not our cell phones symbols of our freedom in a promised land? For…
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