COMMUNICATION TIPS

B²: Founding Fathers

While celebrating our nation’s birthday this past weekend, there was talk about all things Founding Fathers…as is the case every 4th of July. But several GOP hopefuls touring New Hampshire spoke about a nation so far gone that the Founding Fathers would be disgusted to the point of “rolling over in their graves” (see the […]

B²: Sore Loser (SCOTUS Edition)

No one likes a sore loser. Chances are, you probably fall into the “loser” camp for at least one of last week’s SCOTUS decisions. While the decisions are often controversial – otherwise the case wouldn’t have been considered at the highest court – it rarely helps to spend the little time you have in your […]

B²: Grief and Gun Control

While Charleston still mourned, President Obama used the tragedy to remind America of his gun control agenda. At an annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in San Francisco on Friday he said, “We have to shift how we think about this issue and we have the capacity to change…That’s how we honor those […]

B²: SCOTUS and ObamaCare

Last week, President Obama delivered a pre-emptive strike against this year’s Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act’s insurance subsidies secured through the federal marketplace. “There is no reason why the existing exchanges should be overturned through a court case,” Obama said. “It has been well documented that those who passed this legislation never […]

B²: Wage Wars

President Obama is waging a war…on wages. In the midst of the fights in cities (Los Angeles being the most recent battleground), the President is set to take on the wage battle where he thinks he can – overtime pay. Bill Samuel, director of legislative affairs for the AFL-CIO told Politico: “The minimum wage they […]