We Salute You! Armed Forces Day 2005
To all of you serving our country in the military today — and your families — we salute you! We thank you. We pray for you. And to Josh, Michael, and Will, in particular...
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Powerade Conversion: Remember the Boston Tea Party!
Remember the Boston Tea Party!! This is a country founded on a boycott. . . From astute reader, “ESL”: Pepsi basically sells sugar water. One sugar water is just as good as another. ....
Jabberwocky: Baby Boo on the Loose!
This one’s for our Milblogger friends! “And hast thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!” He chortled in his joy. Twas brillig, and the slithy...
Indra Nooyi: Meet the USS Pueblo and Digitus Impudicus
So what’s all the fuss about Indra Nooyi’s Columbia speech. . . and the digitus impudicus? Images are important. Symbolism is powerful. Look to the story about the USS Pueblo and the crew’s defiant...
Indra Nooyi: $5 Million Gets You Bimbos . . . and Boycotts. . .
Indra Nooyi made $5.5 MILLION US total direct compensation in 2003. She was #12 in the list of the top earners among CFO’s. I explain below what I mean by “bimbo” in the headline....
Indra Nooyi: Let the Pepsi Boycott Begin
Indra Nooyi President and CFO, PepsiCo “Now as never before, it’s important we give the world a hand — not the finger.” May 15th speech, Columbia Business School I’ve been on the phone this...
Becoming "We": Why I Changed My Name
I have a very distinct memory of hearing a speaker, prior to my marriage, offering advice to married couples and suggesting that they introduce themselves as “we.” As in: “Hi, we are the Yoests....
The Politics of the Draft
Why worry about women in combat? Why not just let the Pentagon go ahead with boiling the frog? After all, proponents argue, it is an all-volunteer army now. Let me highlight one reason, among...
Newsweek's Retraction: If this is recanting, what would j'accuse look like?
The blogosphere is abuzz with the Newsweek “retraction.” But I’ve just finished reading Evan Thomas’ “How a Fire Broke Out” and it sounds more like J’accuse — a reassertion of their accusation — to...
Sergeant Christopher Pusateri: Who was with him when he died?
We’ve been following the Pentagon’s “boiled frog” strategy related to women in combat. . . the plan has been to simply go ahead and put women into combat, present it to the American people...
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