Among life’s few certainties are that many politicians will be pro-education while campaigning only to forget the pledge once elected. But few appear to experience such total amnesia as George W. Bush. Indeed, given the fact that student-loan debt now averages nearly $17,000 and 39 percent of borrowers face unmanageable debt after college — according […]
Bob Batchelor
Bob Batchelor is a professor of Public Relations in the School of Mass Communications at the University of South Florida. He is the author of The 1900s: American Popular Culture Through History and Kotex, Kleenex, Huggies: Kimberly-Clark And The Consumer Revolution In American Business. He is also the editor of the forthcoming Literary Cash: Writings Inspired by the Legendary Johnny Cash, which will be published by Benbella books in January 2007.
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“We recognize that integrating two cultures — each with its own distinct heritage — is a challenge. But the success of the combined company depends on building a strong common culture.” — Hewlett-Packard management statement, September 2001 A day after Hewlett-Packard and Compaq pumped an estimated $180 million into advertising to air their dirty laundry […]
