2020 Vision

2020 Vision

PERSPECTIVE & VISION 2020 Vision JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group 30 January 2020 20/20 vision is a term used to express normal visual acuity (the clarity or sharpness of vision) measured at a distance of 20 feet. If you have 20/20 vision, you...
Reduced to Peanuts

Reduced to Peanuts

That thing rushing up at us is the bottom of the barrel, kids. Yep. Unless you happen to live in that barrel — with the lid sealed tight — you’ve likely heard the story, nearly ubiquitous by now (its ubiquity is its one and only point), that Mr. Peanut will...
MLK’s Timelessness

MLK’s Timelessness

QUOTES & REFLECTION MLK’s Timelessness JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group 23 January 2020 We’re in the third week of January. If you live in the U.S., you likely observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day this past Monday. While listening to the...
Up, Up, and Away!

Up, Up, and Away!

One of the five million or so things I love about life is coming across a headline so incredible, so fantastic, so laden with unintended consequences that it causes your mind to reel, even as it causes your heart to sink and your stomach to churn. Exhibit A:...
Dear Jennifer …

Dear Jennifer …

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE & FAMILY COURT Dear Jennifer … JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group 16 January 2020 Out of the 246 intimate partner homicides in Connecticut during the years 2000-2017, 213 were women. That means 87 percent of the...