Author name: Chuck Cowdery

Witness to a Long, Slow Fade

 A Lazarus newspaper ad from a little before my time (1928).It was fifty years ago, yet I remember the moment. 1975. I had just joined an advertising agency in Columbus, Ohio, to work on the Lazarus account. I was with some Lazarus executive, and …

The Business of Creativity Can Be Tough

 In this stock image, ‘business’ is represented by a guy in a white shirt and tie while ‘creativity’ is represented by a lightbulb bursting with color, which is some pretty lazy creative.About ten years ago, I wrote about what happened when a very…

The “Best” Lie

 Every year at this time, everyone publishes their “best of” lists for the year. Sure, nobody wants to work very hard over the holidays, that includes most writers and editors and many readers. We all know these lists are just lazy editorial fille…

Single Barrel, So What?

Everybody is getting into the single barrel act.Blanton’s was the first single barrel bourbon but it sure wasn’t the last. These days, they’re everywhere.But so what? What’s so great about “single barrel” whiskey?You probably think single barrel is hig…

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