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National

A Woman Scorned…

This post is about abortion. Viewer discretion is advised… When is abortion NOT controversial, so I felt it was necessary to open with the equivalent of a movie black screen MPAA warning… you’ve been warned… The right to have an abortion was decided via Roe v Wade on January 22, 1973 by a 7-2 vote […]

Consumer

Arby’s Had the Meats…

Why can’t chicken restaurants just sell chicken? To that end, Arby’s is now making burgers. But not just any burger… a wagyu burger.  Before I get into what wagyu is, I want to talk about Arby’s… and Burger King… and Dominos Pizza. Everyone is trying to diversify. But is it working? So wagyu beef is […]

Diversity

White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch

This is a documentary more than a film and I’d like to treat it as such with a full feature account of its contents as opposed to a review of the quality of the production. There are no actors with whom a performance needs to be dissected and no story to be told with color. […]

Consumer

Have a Margarita

My introduction to tequila was in a dive college bar in the form of a shot glass. Not a lot of quality attached to that experience… It was more than 10 years later that I took a minute to consider – tequila, like all other spirits has a top shelf too. It happened in New […]

Markets

It’s Actually Not a Dollar…

Did you know that all dollar stores don’t sell item exclusively for a dollar? Like most consumers, it is natural to believe that a store with the word DOLLAR in its name means everything is a dollar. But it really means everything in the store is economical like a dollar… Let me explain… There are […]


 
 
 

 

Take a Knee

I’m not sure what delayed me writing this post considering the subject matter… Maybe because its was so much in the news and I tend to avoid all things news – NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS – But now that the dust has...
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Let There Be Light

I recently had to buy light bulbs. If you’re thinking that’s not really a topic for discussion, you haven’t bought light bulbs recently… Do you know the difference between Incandescent, Compact Fluorescent, LED and Halo...
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The 90th Academy Awards

In what has become a Communicado standard, it’s time to review The Academy Awards. 90 years of Oscars for 2018. Sit back and relax… First, I want to say that this year was devoid of drama. I didn’t feel like they were try...
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March Madness 2018

I write about March Madness every year because I love college basketball – which – comes as a surprise to most people. I think most have trouble imagining me as anything but an intellectual. I think they envision me...
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Hardee’s Memphis BBQ Thickburger

I try fast food to give me more things to write about and because most people eat fast food. Regardless of how good or bad it is for you, most people eat fast food. So my most recent experiment was to try Hardee’s Memphis BBQ...
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Trickle-Down Economics

I’ve wanted to write about trickle-down economics since the last general election, but, I was having trouble figuring out how to do so without incensing liberals and supporting conservatives. Well, I’m a journalist, so,...
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