Author: maddenmischief

CAUTION: THE SPIN STARTS HERE WITH TOM MADDEN! To tell Tom Madden to stop spinning and inventing is like telling the Federal Government to stop spending. He is the quintessential “Spin Man,” the title of his engaging memoir recounting his rise from a harrowing career as a newspaper reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer to the pinnacle of the PR world. One of his latest inventions, The Knife and Forklift™, is making the media rounds and gobbling up air time almost as fast as his drag racer client Alexis Dejoria drives her Alcohol Funny Car. Contact: tmadden@transmediagroup.com 561-750-9800 x2210

Can a Truce Come from Poker? ‘I’ll Raise Ending Your Civilization!’

April 10, 2026

Yes, it could be bluffing when a poker player raises you 90 million, still it warns you better fold as he has hole cards that can wipe out your entire civilization. Now they don’t know if you’re insane enough to do it or just bluffing, but rather than take a chance, they fold, which is the poker term for surrender by agreeing to … More Can a Truce Come from Poker? ‘I’ll Raise Ending Your Civilization!’

My Presidential Collection Proudly on Display!

April 5, 2026

Here’s my personal collection I’m so proud of as it comprises leaders who made it to the very pinnacle or were aspirants who tried their best like Jeb and Mitt.  When he was governor of my home state of Florida, Jeb Bush signed TransMedia Group’s poster in gratitude for our sponsoring one of his golf … More My Presidential Collection Proudly on Display!

Can This Genius Billionaire Become the Oracle of Peace?

March 31, 2026

A while ago I sold my Oracle shares for a modest profit and I’m about to buy some more since now they’re priced so attractively.  Also, I have in mind creating a new title for Oracle’s founder, Larry Ellison, whom I can see as the Oracle of Peace.   From where did this idea descend?  Heaven?  … More Can This Genius Billionaire Become the Oracle of Peace?

Have You Ever Tried Praying For the Best Stocks to Buy?

March 27, 2026

Wouldn’t it be awesome to have Jesus as your stockbroker?  Along with His impressive, supremely incisive advice, would come a full range of human emotions and guess what?  Even a holy sense of humor!  And if there’s anything that needs a slice of humor, it’s that rattling, regurgitating, irritating, sometimes provocative stock market sticking its … More Have You Ever Tried Praying For the Best Stocks to Buy?

May We Help Restore Iran To Respectability Once Again

March 22, 2026

They’re far from two guys running street gangs looking to pick a fight or battle over turf. Nor are they a couple of land-grabbing conquerors. Instead, you might say what Trump and Bibi are all about is doing what they believe in their hearts and feel in their guts is the fair and right thing … More May We Help Restore Iran To Respectability Once Again

Once I Saved People from Drowning, Today I’m Rescuing Their Reputations!

March 15, 2026

When people ask me what I do for a living, I say I’m finishing where I started on a busy beachfront in Atlantic City, N.J. Only now I’m a different kind of lifeguard. Instead of ocean bathers, I’m looking out for and sometimes rescuing reputations. Whenever I see one caught in the rip currents of … More Once I Saved People from Drowning, Today I’m Rescuing Their Reputations!

Sure, Condos Bark a Lot But Seldom Do They Bite

March 8, 2026

Barking is just complaining.  Biting is sinking your teeth into a problem to fix or solve once and for all. So, where are problems most likely to occur and where occasionally conflict breaks out in residential communities, even in the nicest, most palatial and expensive ones?   Where else, but in elevators! Ah those often friendly … More Sure, Condos Bark a Lot But Seldom Do They Bite

Festival of the Arts Boca Deserves a Music Medal

March 7, 2026

Though I seldom wear a hat, I would have gladly, gratefully taken it off last night to the Festival of the Arts Boca for presenting such rhapsodic performances by an artful array of brilliant talent coming in all shapes, sizes and ages at the Mizner Amphitheater.  All had one thing in common—huge talent!   Impressive artistry! … More Festival of the Arts Boca Deserves a Music Medal

Pay Taxes on Seeds, Not the Harvest!

March 1, 2026

Paying taxes on your retirement accounts, while in retirement defies common sense! Isn’t it in the taxpayers’ best interest to pay taxes on their contributions to retirement accounts prior to retirement?  Isn’t that when they’re relatively smaller, easier to pay and would make more sense, says the noted Certified Financial Planner Nancy Hite.  Hite, a … More Pay Taxes on Seeds, Not the Harvest!

Ever Have a Negroni?  Now Try a ‘MadDoni’ As Ocean Spray Keeps Cap & Bottle Together

February 22, 2026

A fresh new cocktail has emerged called a MadDoni created by the master word and drink mixer himself, yours truly!  This newly christened drink’s name combines the first half of our family’s surname, the Mad part, coupled with the first name of my late brother, the genius cartoonist Don Madden. After you taste a MadDoni, … More Ever Have a Negroni?  Now Try a ‘MadDoni’ As Ocean Spray Keeps Cap & Bottle Together