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    Too Soon to Tell: Is the Rise of Capital Markets a Sign Things are Coming Back?
    Randy Coppersmith
    • Jun 17, 2020

    Too Soon to Tell: Is the Rise of Capital Markets a Sign Things are Coming Back?

    Washington, DC (May 28, 2019) --- Political consultant and pundit James Carville’s battle cry, that “it’s about the economy, stupid,” was...
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    We Were ‘The Dogged Victims of an Inexorable Fate’
    Dennis Richardson
    • Jun 11, 2020

    We Were ‘The Dogged Victims of an Inexorable Fate’

    ORLANDO, FL – This year, the PGA Tour introduced a pace-of-play policy designed to address the issue of slow play. According to Tour poli...
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    Could Contentious Negotiations Cost Major League Baseball?
    Dennis Richardson
    • Jun 9, 2020

    Could Contentious Negotiations Cost Major League Baseball?

    ORLANDO, FL -- “Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horseman rode. In dramatic lore they are known as Famine, Pestilence, ...
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    A Ryder Cup Without Fans? PGA of America Should Say ‘No’
    Dennis Richardson
    • Jun 8, 2020

    A Ryder Cup Without Fans? PGA of America Should Say ‘No’

    ORLANDO, FL --- There are some pairings that just seem to be a natural fit: Bogie and Bacall, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Batman and ...
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    It’s Time for PGA Tour to Add Shorts to Dress Code
    Dennis Richardson
    • Jun 7, 2020

    It’s Time for PGA Tour to Add Shorts to Dress Code

    ORLANDO, FL --- Something seemed a little bit off -- like a table that wobbles, a toilet that runs periodically, or a rattle in a car. No...
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    Fathers, Sons and Baseball: A Bond that Lasts a Lifetime
    Dennis Richardson
    • Jun 5, 2020

    Fathers, Sons and Baseball: A Bond that Lasts a Lifetime

    ORLANDO, FL --– In 1991, Columbia Pictures released City Slickers, a vastly underrated comedy about three lifelong friends (played by Bil...
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    Will We Hear ‘Play Ball’ in 2020, Or Will 
The Coronavirus Toss a Shutout?
    Dennis Richardson
    • Jun 4, 2020

    Will We Hear ‘Play Ball’ in 2020, Or Will The Coronavirus Toss a Shutout?

    ORLANDO, FL --- Sports fans that have turned on their televisions the last 12 weeks or so probably feel as if they’ve climbed aboard a ti...
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    Corned Beef No More
    Randy Coppersmith
    • Jun 4, 2020

    Corned Beef No More

    January 14, 2017 WASHINGTON, DC --- After a meeting in New York last week I decided I needed a Corned Beef on Rye sandwich. Not the stuff...
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    Blog No. 37 Sayings from my Father
    Randy Coppersmith
    • Sep 22, 2017

    Blog No. 37 Sayings from my Father

    MIDDLEBURG, VA --- As some of you may know, my father, Sandy Coppersmith, passed away in March. It’s been about six months since he’s gon...
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    Blog No. 25 The Speechwriter’s Pulitzer
    Randy Coppersmith
    • Apr 17, 2017

    Blog No. 25 The Speechwriter’s Pulitzer

    WASHINGTON, DC --- In my 40-plus-year career, I’ve written or given about 700 speeches, maybe more. United Way dinner speeches, eulogies,...
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    Blog No. 24 Adult Supervision Needed
    Randy Coppersmith
    • Apr 11, 2017

    Blog No. 24 Adult Supervision Needed

    WASHINGTON, DC --- Did Mitch McConnell (R-KY)“break the Senate” last week with his decision to use the so-called “Nuclear Option” allowin...
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    Blog No. 23 The Yankee Clipper, Mickey and the Amazing Ichiro
    Randy Coppersmith
    • Apr 6, 2017

    Blog No. 23 The Yankee Clipper, Mickey and the Amazing Ichiro

    WASHINGTON, DC --- I’m not afraid to admit that despite years of writing about people -- regular folks, famous celebrities and infamous c...
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    Blog No. 22 Haircut
    Randy Coppersmith
    • Mar 28, 2017

    Blog No. 22 Haircut

    MIDDLEBURG, VA --- Change is hard. The same woman, Maria Palacios, has been cutting my hair since 2004 at a joint in Leesburg, VA, called...
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    Blog No. 21

Beautiful Box Office for Disney’s “Beast”
    Randy Coppersmith
    • Mar 20, 2017

    Blog No. 21 Beautiful Box Office for Disney’s “Beast”

    LEESBURG, VA --- Walt Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” opened at theaters to an astounding $170 million in ticket sales in North America o...
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    Blog No. 20

Everybody’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day
    maxcoppersmith
    • Mar 16, 2017

    Blog No. 20 Everybody’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day

    MIDDLEBURG, VA --- In his address to Congress, the president said: “I earnestly recommend to the congress that in the exercise of its wis...
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    Blog No. 19 Hayseeds Rule
    Randy Coppersmith
    • Mar 13, 2017

    Blog No. 19 Hayseeds Rule

    MIDDLEBURG, VA --- In his most famous and celebrated painting, View of the World from 9th Avenue, artist Saul Steinberg captured, as one w...
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    Blog No. 18:
Unquestionable Devotion
    Randy Coppersmith
    • Mar 6, 2017

    Blog No. 18: Unquestionable Devotion

    MIDDLEBURG, VA --- Unquestioned devotion and love are hard to find. In fact, unrequited love is much more common than unquestioned love. ...
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    Randy Coppersmith
    • Mar 5, 2017

    Blog No. 17: Connecting the Dots

    WASHINGTON --- Raising the debt ceiling and approving yet another Continuing Budget Resolution seems inevitable according to multiple sou...
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    Randy Coppersmith
    • Feb 24, 2017

    Blog No. 16: Save the Blunnies

    WASHINGTON --- Everybody has a favorite pair of shoes. Broken in just right. With the correct amount of wear and tear that makes them com...
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    Blog No. 14:
A Simple, Elegant Ritual
    Randy Coppersmith
    • Feb 22, 2017

    Blog No. 14: A Simple, Elegant Ritual

    SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA -- - High up in the Sierra Mountains, beside a great, deep, quiet Lake Tahoe, we traveled this week to celebrate my ...
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    Randy Coppersmith
    • Feb 3, 2017

    Blog No. 13 Are They Socialists?

    TAMPA --- Hard right conservatives have been delighted that we have now replaced that “Socialist” President Obama” with our new “Capitali...
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    Randy Coppersmith
    • Feb 1, 2017

    Blog No. 12: Can We Still Afford to “Pay Any Price?”

    Since the new administration is in the process of rethinking America’s Foreign Policy, here’s an idea that would roll back not one, but t...
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    Randy Coppersmith
    • Jan 30, 2017

    Blog No. 11: P.T. Barnum Redux

    WASHINGTON, DC --- There were two seemingly unrelated events last that were both were newsworthy. Both were about famous Washington, DC i...
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    Randy Coppersmith
    • Jan 26, 2017

    Blog No. 10: Just the Facts Ma’am

    WASHINGTON, DC --- Sgt. Joe Friday, the acclaimed “straight cop” that Jack Webb made famous in his radio and later TV series “Dragnet,” w...
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