In praise of Clark Kent, the immigrant reporter| Foxman Communications
It’s graduation season, where beaming students stride across the stage to accept their academic laurels. Hearing their name announced is a moment that fills them and their loved ones with pride.| Foxman Communications
What does information do? We should know the answer, right? But that’s the deceptively simple question posed near the beginning of Nexus, the latest book by historian Yuval Noah Harari. So let me tell you a story. One about chimps and ants, astrologers and astronomers, and broadcasts and marching songs. After all, the ability to […]| Foxman Communications
A British land agent who was born in 1832 in Norfolk, England has been all over the news lately. Well, not him exactly, but the thing he’s best known for: the meaning of his name.| Foxman Communications
You may never have heard of Susan Bennett, born in Burlington, Vermont in 1949. But you’re familiar with her alter ego. Over her career, Bennett has done acting, singing and extensive commercial work. But you likely don’t know her from any roles, her ads for Coca-Cola and Visa, or her recorded public address system announcements […]| Foxman Communications
Ever since fans in Canadian arenas have started to boo the U.S. national anthem, in response to the threats and insults made by America’s dear leader, there has been a debate about whether such crowd response is disrespectful or appropriate. In the Globe and Mail, columnist Cathal Kelly wrote that booing isn’t just acceptable but […]| Foxman Communications
We may all have different levels of patriotism, but this isn’t the time to let that flag. As in become tired and less enthusiastic. That definition of flag emerged from the idea of a physical flag that flaps about loosely and hangs down.| Foxman Communications
If you could have any superpower, what would it be? In one survey, flying, invisibility and the ability to teleport all received votes. But the preferred capability was easily time travel, followed by mind reading. What’s notable, though, are some of the demographic differences. White people (by 11 points) and men (by 21 points) picked […]| Foxman Communications
This is a bad time to be in the trust game. That’s the business of anyone who toils in communications. But confidence in the messages we convey, and the organizations we work for, is diminishing.| Foxman Communications
On Jan. 16, eight minutes after lifting off from Boca Chica, Texas, a SpaceX Starship rocket broke up in space. Fortunately, there was no crew, just a test payload of mock satellites. While the first-stage booster returned to the launch tower, Starship turned into orange balls of light and trails of smoke. To avoid the […]| Foxman Communications