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1: Pithy Prose: The Wit & Wisdom of Blaise Pascal

2: A very unusual pet

3: Creativity and Common Sense in Non-Consumer Advertising

4: Pithy Prose: The Wit & Wisdom of Eric Hoffer

5: How crafty word order can instantly improve your writing

6: How to anticipate the unexpected

7: Don't let good grammar spoil good writing

8: Rising to the linguistic challenge

9: Pithy Prose: The Wit & Wisdom of Johann Goethe

10: Why does time go faster as we get older?

11: Isn't it time for the metric system to stop going around in circles?

12: Pithy Prose: The Wit & Wisdom of Anon

13: Don't Write Short Texts. Write Concise Ones

14: Political Integrity: an Example out of Africa

15: Pithy Prose: The Wit & Wisdom of People Named 'H'

16: Shakespeare: What Can a Great Poet Teach Us about Clear, Concise Expository Writing?

17: How to Apply the Three Acid Tests of Persuasive Writing

18: How Verbal Variety Kills Comprehension

19: Myths and Realities of Writing for the Web

20: Pithy Prose: The Wit & Wisdom of Friedrich Nietzsche

21: Pithy Prose: The Wit & Wisdom of Ambrose Bierce

22: Pithy Prose: The Wit & Wisdom of Anatole France

23: Can the Fundamental Principles of Non-fiction Writing Be Applied to Fiction?

24: Pithy Prose: The Wit & Wisdom of People Named 'W'

25: Pithy Prose: The Wit & Wisdom of Oscar Wilde

26: Pithy Prose: The Wit & Wisdom of Mark Twain

27: Why Clear Writing Means Aiming for the Lowest Common Denominator - and then Some

28: Columbo: What Can a Bumbling, Inarticulate Los Angeles Cop Teach Us about Effective Communication?

29: Making Sense of Nonsense: Writing Advice from Lewis Carroll and the Jabberwocky

30: Notes on Writing from Writers of Note

31: Can Learning Languages Help You Better Understand Science and Technology?

32: Debunking the 7% Rule, Public Speaking's Most Pernicious Myth

33: What Abraham Lincoln Can Teach Us about Clear, Concise Writing

34: How to Use Presentation Slides to Best Effect

35: Why Visual Aids Need to Be Less Visual

36: Fixing the Flaws in the 10 Principles of Clear Writing

37: Is a Worldwide Common Language Just over the Horizon?

38: Yaffe’s Law vs. Murphy’s Law: A New Look at an Old Problem

39: Laugh Your Way to Persuasive Communication

40: Indescribable Utah: Nature’s Munificent Masterpiece

41: Should English Be Declared the World’s Official Common Language?

42: The Sin of Arrogant Advertising

43: Techniques of Persuasive Communication: Old Wisdom in a New Package

44: Stop Writing Press Releases. Start Writing News Releases.

45: Fast-tracking Foreign Languages: How to Meet the Linguistic Challenges of Working Abroad

46: How to Improve Your Writing by Standing on Your Head

47: The Mathematics of Persuasive Communication