Last night’s State of the Union address and Republican response were historic, and will be studied in textbooks for years to come due to that historic significance.  Regardless of party persuasion or ideology, both speeches offer valuable lessons on public speaking and messaging.  Delivery President... 

Megan Mylan is the American born director of the short documentary film “Smile Pinki” about an 8 year old girl in India, born with a cleft lip, who received corrective surgery from Dr. Subodh Singh from Smile Train, the world’s leading cleft charity. This post is not about the absolutely... 

It really is a shame — Alex Rodriguez just does not seem to get it.  Alex certainly provided information and owned up to his mistakes, and he deserves credit for that.   What he did not do is use yet another opportunity to change an image and reputation that has been badly damaged. Let’s... 

Alex Rodriquez has had a bad two days, and I just finished watching Alex’s interview with Peter Gammons on ESPN.  Alex admitted using steroids in 2003, after denying it on an interview with 60 Minutes in 2007. He had a golden opportunity to send a real message, to turn around what has been a trying... 

Michael Phelps is not having a great week. Since the now infamous picture surfaced this weekend, there have been countless articles about the photograph, reports of exchanges between his handlers and the News of The World and references to a 2004 DUI.  Bottom line, lots of coverage, the vast...