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Paul Oestreicher is a veteran of both agency and corporate public relations and public affairs groups. He now runs Oestreicher Communications, LLC (www.ocomms.com) and is an Adjunct Professor at NYU’s M.S. Program in Public Relations & Corporate Communication. Oestreicher is the author of Camelot, Inc.: Leadership and Management Insights from King Arthur and the Round Table (www.camelotinc.com). You can follow him on Twitter @pauloestreicher.

Stories by Paul Oestreicher

•	Waste, Fraud and Abuse: A Convenient Scapegoat (Politics) Tue., Jun. 3, 2025 Politicians increasingly use "waste, fraud and abuse" as a catchall phrase to justify deep and often damaging cuts to essential public programs under the guise of efficiency and fiscal responsibility.

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Taking a Look at This Year's Fools of April (Politics) Wed., Apr. 16, 2025 This year, America's political landscape made the whole idea of April Fools' Day seem like something from out of the past—and the continuing drumbeat of illogical, irrational actions and policies has kept going well after April 1.

•	Craving Reliability in an Unreliable World (Corporate Communications) Wed., Mar. 12, 2025 In today's volatile world of constant disruption, the ability to offer reliability and dependability is more valuable than ever.

•	Nuance Is Out—It Needs To Come Back (Public Policy) Thu., Feb. 13, 2025 The rise of binary thinking is poisoning our public discourse. Here are a few steps communicators, policymakers and business leaders can take to restore civility and evidence-based decision-making in how we communicate.

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False Equivalencies: The Danger of Treating All Information Equally (Artificial intelligence) Tue., Dec. 10, 2024 Whether in discussions about climate change, vaccine safety or political violence, the spread of false equivalencies in public discourse has damaging consequences for how society engages with science, policy and reality.

•	The Power of Not Knowing (Leadership) Thu., Jul. 11, 2024 The importance of asking questions and being curious cannot be overstated.

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The Abnormality of the New Normal (Public Affairs Commentary) Wed., Jun. 19, 2024 Our society's “new normal” carries a lot of negative baggage with it, including the normalization of intolerance and cruelty, political violence being deemed "patriotic," exploitative workplace environments, plummeting civility, and justifications for the use of deadly force.

•	1980: The Lesser-Known Inflection Point (Politics) Wed., Jun. 5, 2024 There have been many inflection points in US history—events that significantly changed our future and behaviors—in the last hundred years, but there's a case to be made that 1980 was really the year that changed everything.

•	Incremental is Fundamental (Leadership) Mon., Dec. 4, 2023 There will always be a place for big ideas and sweeping changes, but don't underestimate the value of smaller steps and incremental advances.

•	Stopping Ourselves from Mattering Less (Leadership) Wed., Aug. 23, 2023 We need to know enough about both the humanities and science to be capable citizens. With the politicization of so many topics—vaccines, evolution, climate change, stem cells—a more roundly educated public is essential.

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Aaron Sorkin and I Have an Understanding (Leadership) Mon., Apr. 3, 2023 Aaron Sorkin's new version of "Camelot," which will soon open on Broadway, will eliminate much of the magical elements of the story and get to the heart of what the centuries old tale of King Arthur and Camelot is really about.

•	Searching for Optimism in 2023 (PR Commentary) Thu., Dec. 29, 2022 In a world full of reasons to complain, sometimes it takes a conscious, sustained effort to remain on a positive trajectory. Putting a little effort into staying optimistic could pay big benefits in the coming year.

•	The Four R's of Strategic Thinking (PR Commentary) Thu., Mar. 24, 2022 Strategic thinking is key to an organization's success, but finding the time for it remains a challenge.

•	What Bad Apologies Might Say About PR People (PR Commentary) Tue., Jan. 11, 2022 Botched apologies can make situations worse and keep them in the news longer. Here a few ways in which even a well-intentioned apology—overseen by a well-intentioned PR pro—can go off the rails.

•	Nice or Kind: What's the Best Choice? (PR Commentary) Fri., Aug. 20, 2021 Sugarcoating a message can make it incomprehensible. And feeding staff a steady diet of feedback sandwiches—criticism surrounded by praise—can obliterate the message, not just kill the taste of bad news.

  

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