“Being (Your) Best” in the Media

Countless media encounters have schooled First Lady Melania Trump on the value of staying on message. It’s difficult in an intense media environment, but she’s learning to play the game. Photo of Melania Trump and a baby/Courtesy of AOL.com According to the New York Times, her tightly controlled “Be Best” tour through three states showed that Mrs. Trump has developed …

In Other Words

There were a lot of firsts at the 2016 Republican National Convention, but Melania Trump’s speech was not one of them. Mrs. Trump’s apparent plagiarism of First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech from the 2008 Democratic National Convention created quite a stir from the public, the media, and the Trump campaign. And the Republicans’ attempts to explain it away challenged the …