. . . is a contentious thing, apparently. At least that’s the impression I got from this book I started reading a while back….

  . . . in the advertising business is a subject much discussed, debated, argued and even, sometimes, ridiculed. On the one hand, advertising…

  . . . are relative constructs, of course. How big does something have to be to qualify as “big” in the common sense…

    . . . might sound like an exaggeration. But isn’t. Way back in June 1976, the summer when I was 12 years…

. . . are of course wildly outnumbered by those that do. The science fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon long ago tersely framed an observation…

  . . . get me down. Here you have the greatest branded good ever devised. Ever. And this incredible diversity of vehicle types,…