by rentaquill | Mar 28, 2022 | writing
Comedians. Great Commanders. 10 minutes | Zelenskyy | Comedy | Language | Command Volodymyr Zelenskyy understands the value of communicating clearly, of course he does. His law studies taught him to disseminate information with little or no ambiguity, and his work as...
by rentaquill | Mar 23, 2022 | writing
Tell me about the D in D-Day. 5 minutes | D-Day | Decision Day | Eisenhower | TIME Magazine Whenever someone says ‘D-Day’, I do get an urge to say, “which-which, D-Day-D are you talk-talking about? There were many D-Days during the Second World War. None of the...
by rentaquill | Mar 23, 2021 | writing
Blitzkrieg. 15 minutes | Blitzkrieg | Language | Guderian | TIME Magazine Blitzkrieg—lightning war—is a compound German word, bringing to life the concept of rapid military assault and obliteration of an opposing force. With the exception of a few language weirdos who...