13 Commandments to Great
Public Speaking & Creative Writing

I learned more about feature writing today, 21 February. I have been reading on public speaking.
In the latest issue of TOASTMASTER (February 2006), published by Toastmasters International, Michael Scroccaro writes his own ‘Confessions of a Political Speechwriter’ (pages 14-15) and grabs my attention. Michael is the Director of [...]

Or, A Tale of Four Loves, St Valentine
& The Language of Amour

What has become of love?
This is the story of love memorialized in the 3rd century in Rome and in the 16th century in England, and made memorable in England in the 15th century and in the United States in the 19th century. [...]

Or, The Soul of MSN, Yahoo Trails
& The Language of Internet Searches

When Microsoft speaks, the whole world listens.
Proof: About the change of plan of Microsoft regarding MSN, I searched the Net and found that thousands of papers worldwide carried the news before and after the actual announcement on 10 February. MSN may be in trouble, [...]

Or, Murder Most Fowl!
A Study In The Language Of Science

This is no joke. D Butler did it – photo shows a Google map of part of Asia where most of the 1800 outbreaks of avian flu (dots in color) occurred from 2004 to 2005 as plotted by Declan Butler of Nature. News of 10 February: [...]