Articles in the Commentary Category
Cheers and Regards, Commentary, Featured »
If you ever get an e-mail from a journalist, there’s one portion of it you should pay attention to more than any other. No, it’s not the part where they’re asking you about how you managed to eat through a bank vault; it’s the sign-off.
If it’s “Cheers,” you’re cool. You did OK. If it’s “Regards,” you pissed somebody off, and you better figure out how to …
Cheers and Regards, Commentary, Featured »
If you ever get an e-mail from a journalist, there’s one portion of it you should pay attention to more than any other. No, it’s not the part where they’re asking you about the knock-off Rolexes you were selling at the sheriff’s office; it’s the sign-off.
If it’s “Cheers,” you’re cool. You did OK. If it’s “Regards,” you pissed somebody off, and you better figure out how to fix things, …
Cheers and Regards, Commentary, Featured »
In this week’s edition of Cheers and Regards, we’re going to change the format a little and take a look at the story that seemed to dominate the news cycle of much of last week: Rolling Stone writer Michael Hastings’ profile of U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the now former commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. The piece caused so much discussion, created so much fallout (President Obama accepted the general’s resignation just two days after the RS piece went up online, a day before it was even …
Cheers and Regards, Commentary, Featured »
If you ever get an e-mail from a journalist, there’s one portion of it you should pay attention to more than any other. No, it’s not the part where they’re asking you about the tainted cheese your company sent to that day care; it’s the sign-off.
If it’s “Cheers,” you’re cool. You did OK. If it’s “Regards,” you pissed somebody off, and you better figure out how to fix things, quick.
We …
Cheers and Regards, Commentary, Featured »
If you ever get an e-mail from a journalist, there’s one portion of it you should pay attention to more than any other. No, it’s not the part where they’re asking you about that time you brought that hooker back to the mayor’s office with you; it’s the sign-off.
If it’s “Cheers,” you’re cool. You did OK. If it’s “Regards,” you pissed somebody off, and you better figure out how to fix things, quick.
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