“If I was to walk away now, this caucus would be in such a musical chairs scenario.” That’s what House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said recently in response to a younger generation of Democrats gunning for her job.
She should have started her musical chairs metaphor with, “If I were... (Read More)
In a recent interview, Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn was asked about her dream vacation. She said, “I would like to go to a warm, secluded island with my girlfriends, drink cocktails, and lay in the sun.”
In a press release about staff changes at a PR firm, a senior executive... (Read More)
The stakes just got higher.
On the heels of last week’s post about the missing comma that cost a dairy company $5 million in back pay comes more vindication for grammar geeks. Slate, in an article about the indictments against 13 Russian nationals for meddling in the 2016 election,... (Read More)
Last March, I wrote about three truck drivers in Maine who sued Oakhurst Dairy for more than four years of overtime pay. The lawsuit hinged on the absence of a serial comma. The serial comma is the one that goes before the conjunctions and or or in a list of... (Read More)
Enclosed is an Action Plan for the Administration of President Donald J. Trump, which will help in getting America’s coal miners back to work.
That was the opening line in a letter to Vice President Pence from the head of Murray Energy.
Environmental concerns aside, the sentence should have read,... (Read More)
On behalf of myself and the employees of the Ford Motor Company, who condemn such behavior and regret any harassment as much as I do, I apologize.
That’s an excerpt from a letter Jim Hackett, the head of the Ford Motor Company, recently sent to employees apologizing for sexual... (Read More)
Best wishes for a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year.
Is that correct? Or should it be, Best wishes for a wonderful holiday season and a happy New Year, with new year in upper case?
If you went with version No. 1, you’re correct.
When you refer... (Read More)
“Frankly, there is a creepiness factor of this whole idea of medicine tracking. The thing I tell them first and foremost is there’s nothing to reach out of this technology to pry your mouth open and make you take a pill.”
That’s what a well-known scientist said in a... (Read More)
To market my writing workshops, I’ve produced a video. I was taped giving a one-hour lunch-and-learn session—new in my lineup of offerings—and then interviewed by my producer. How did you get started? she asked. What can companies expect when they hire you? And why should they choose you? Be yourself,... (Read More)
When Hervé Pierre, sometime stylist to First Lady Melania Trump, sits down to sketch, he asks himself, “Where is this woman going?”
“If you don’t have a purpose,” he told Vanessa Friedman, fashion director at The New York Times, “it’s just an idea on paper and the dress means nothing.”
... (Read More)
