Articles on PR for People

Pilates and scoliosis

As I work through getting my comprehensive Pilates certification I have been interested in how I can improve other peoples lives by using my knowledge in Pilates. My boyfriend was diagnosed with scoliosis, I didn’t know much about this spinal abnormality so I decided to find out more about the condition and how Pilates could benefit him and others with this condition. 


Sam Morril, Stand Up New York and an Official Sandwich?

Sam Morril’s Got a Special Coming Out, Stand Up New York’s New Pop Up, and Guess Which Web Series Now Has an Official Sandwich

How To Take Your Camera Off “AUTO”

When you leave your machine on AUTO, you are letting it make decisions for you.


The Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Over 1.2 million people participated in the March for Our Lives events across the US on the weekend around March 24, 2018, the month anniversary of the event that inspired this movement, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida. This turnout stresses the urgency of addressing violence in America.


What This Country Needs is… Confucius!

How well does Donald Trump measure up to Confucius’s teachings?  And how well do we?  The answer to both questions is “none of the above.”


Money Talks and Skakel Walks

On Friday, May 4, 2018 The Connecticut Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Michael Skakel, who had been found guilty of murdering his neighbor, 15-year-old Martha Moxley, with a golf club in 1975.The Michael Skakel case spanned more than 25 years and inspired worldwide media coverage.  It is worth mentioning that Skakel is the nephew of Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy, because it is the Kennedy connection that ultimately enabled him to get away with murder. 


Getting Away With Murder

From the top down, we are witnessing large numbers of politicians, their cronies and their friends getting away with murder. They all have one thing in common—money, almost unimaginable, large sums of money.


Ex Congressman Does Open Mic, Stand Up NY, NYC Crime Report, and Justin Bieber’s Mom?

Ex Congressman Does Open Mic, Stand Up NY Goes Out Into the City, NYC Crime Report Goes Live, and Which Comedy Podcast Does Justin Bieber’s Mom Listen To?

“He’s P.T. Barnum”: The Trouble is, Politics Ain’t Show Biz

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” The quote in my title (above) is how Donald Trump was once characterized by his sister – a federal judge.   No kidding. Phineas Taylor Barnum was the nineteenth century self-described “showman” (he seems to have invented that job category) who made a fortune promoting celebrated hoaxes with gullible audiences.  Barnum himself marveled at how willingly the American public “submits to a clever humbug.” 

 

 


When Taxes Fund Fun, You Gotta Love ‘Em

For both individuals and businesses, paying taxes can feel a little like getting beat up by the school bully for your lunch money. Or, you can look at taxes as a tool to fuel progress and fun.