Observations by Burt Cohen

Burt Cohen

Who Would You Be?

There are too many people with too many wonderful attributes, whose special qualities are so varied that there is no first-place winner.

September 2008

Ads of Simplicity

An advertisement works when it actually says what product or service is for sale.

June 2007

Gimmickry, Gadgetry, and Google

Just because the technology exists to make gadgets perform an array of tricks doesn’t mean we need them to.

May 2007

Let Me Count the Ways

No hurricanes or earthquakes or tsunamis or seven-year locusts—and other reasons why Minnesota is a great place to live.

April 2007

Big-Name Pet Peeves

Minnesota has big talent to rival that of the "big names."

March 2007

Common-Sense Law

Misplaced blame, misguided laws, and schadenfreude.

February 2007

Observations - A Park Or A Parking Lot?

We can't just live here and not plan for the needs of future generations.

January 2007

Merging Missions

Lessons learned from successful not-for-profit consolidation.

November 2006

Calling Dr. W.

Is there a "customer care" representative in the house?

October 2006

In Iraq Indefinitely

What are we fighting for in Iraq? And for how long?

September 2006

Sleight (or Slight) of Mind

How we make troubles disappear.

August 2006

Get It?

Washington does a vaudeville routine, and the joke's on you and me.

July 2006

What to Say to America

They say you get what you deserve. So why don't we Americans have a good energy policy?

June 2006

Land of 10,000 Snafus

How the system is beating Minnesota.

May 2006

Note to Future Generations

Re energy, climate, and economy, we don’t care.

April 2006

Status Quo

Sometimes the same old same old should stay that way.

March 2006

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