Articles on PR for People

Books We Love: The Antidote to Thinking Like an Idiot

G.K. Chesterton’s Heretics and Orthodoxy is two books, two collections of essays, in one volume, containing some of the most powerful thinking that the world has ever seen. Chesterton is often categorized as a “Catholic” writer but that is a shallow assessment. From Dickens to Whistler, Chesterton lambasts the great thinkers of his time and in some cases makes mincemeat of notable writers including, but not limited to, Robert Browning, Rudyard Kipling H.G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw.


Libraries We Love – Taking Care of Business

Each month, we profile a library: Large, small, urban, rural, post-modern, quaint or neo-classic. This month Patricia Vaccarino writes about the amazing array of business resources that libraries offer to entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses. Whether you are a fledgling freelancer, a homespun mom and pop shop, a small business getting ready to scale in size, or the next emerging technology giant, your local public library is there to serve you. 


Startup Nation

This month we focus on entrepreneurship. What does it take to start a business? What does it take to sustain a business? We also focus on that old standby: Jobs. How well are we making a living?


Homelessness and the Digital Divide

At least one-third of the homeless do have access to the internet. Most of the homeless population, however, do not have internet access, which is essential when looking for housing, jobs, applying for social service assistance, and accessing medical care.


Books We Love: The Military Alphabet Coloring “Alpha 2 Zulu”

The Military Alphabet Coloring “Alpha 2 Zulu” is fun and therapeutic for those who want to achieve the art of Zen via coloring. 


Suppose a Sentence by Brian Dillon

I’m happy to announce that I’ve read my snob book for the year. This brilliant collection of essays had me hungering for the lunatic-fringe side of writing. 


The Tree, the Bird and the Art

The first line of John Keats’ poem "Endymion" has long been quoted by pundits and other poets.  "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever," wrote Keats. But I wonder if beauty provides lasting joy? I often think of beauty as something we experience in the moment. 


Books We Love: Along Comes A Saint – Dorothy Day

The story of Dorothy Day's life reveals the  paradoxical struggle between her profound loneliness and intense joy. The two emotions of loneliness and joy are never at cross purposes and instead hang in the balance, protected by the bliss of knowing God. 


Libraries We Love – Job Seeking? Go to your local library!

Each month, we profile a library: Large, small, urban, rural, post-modern, quaint or neo-classic. This month Patricia Vaccarino writes about the many ways that libraries provide resources to people searching for jobs.

 


The American Worker

In this issue of the Connector, we examine jobs, HR and the new world of work.