Wayne Newton, Joe Biden and Me

Wayne Newton called me one night. I was in high school, I was home alone, and Wayne Newton called. At a horse show there is something called a rotating trophy. You win it one year and have to return it...
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Is Sacrifice Still Apart of Americans DNA?

I suppose there are always two ways to look at any issue. I struggle to find two ways to look at precautions for COVID. First, I am glad to confess that I am a big fan of cancel culture. I...
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Why a Smooth Transition is Important

I have a small office. I am not the federal government or a large company. But I have seen first-hand how a rough transition hurts everyone. Several years ago I was interviewing for a new assistant. One candidate applied who...
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The Concession Speech is Hugely Important to our Country

Election night is bigger than the Super Bowl and the World Series . . . maybe even if you combined them. It’s bigger because we are all apart of it. We are not spectators cheering a first down or a...
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I Get to be One of 8 – There is NO Such Thing as a Little Thing

I am Excited to be One of EIGHT. There was the Chicago 7 and now I am one of Debate Night 8. Mark Halperin is a nationally recognized pundit. You can hear him weigh in on political issues on some talk shows...
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Early Voting Day Was a Throwback to Civility

I thought carefully about how I would vote this year. I decided early voting would be my choice. I actually did the same thing in 2016. My thinking then and now was the same: if I was hit by a...
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Are You Making Any of These Mistakes in a Virtual World?

You say you are a professional. Pre-Covid, you were probably right. What about in a Covid world – how would you rate your degree of professionalism on a daily basis? You may remember the old Hollywood Squares with Whoopi Goldberg...
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What to Look for in the First Presidential Debate: How These Debates are Different than 2016?

You don’t have to be a student of history to know something about the Kennedy-Nixon debates. There is also a good chance that you heard about the “You sir are no JFK” line from the Bentsen v Quayle debate, and...
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The Only Reason the Emmys were Important This Year

With the first presidential debate a week away, why am I talking about the Emmys? The virtual Emmy’s was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel this past Sunday. It is now history and the debate if the future. BUT there first is...
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How and When I Knew Baker Mayfield was a Bust

I was such a Brown’s fan that my first car was orange and brown. I was such a Brown’s fan that my first major purchase when I started working after grad school was a pair of Brown’s season tickets. I...
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