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Category Archives: American Culture
The stock market spiral. It may not be what you are being told
4 CommentsThe broadcast media loves a good, tight narrative. Here is the narrative for the stock market downturn for the recent events happening on Wall Street. Congress squabbles over debt ceiling, Tea Party was obstinate about debt and deficit, we came … Continue reading
The debt ceiling discussion as a household family meeting
1 CommentFriday, Standard & Poor’s downgraded the rating on the United States of America from AAA to AA+. Regardless of how you spin this or what you believe in the reputation of S&P’s ratings in light of their performance during the … Continue reading
Henry Wood Detective Agency uncovered. A podcast with author Brian D. Meeks
5 CommentsHenry Wood is suffering greatly from a festive night of saying goodbye to 1954. His world is one of black and white, right and wrong, but his life is about to change and there will forever be shades of grey. … Continue reading
Google, hire an English major
1 CommentWatch this video resume. Then visit his web page. And here is a comment I sent to Matthew Epstein this morning. Cool resume, but the correct use of “bad” is the adverbial form. “I want to join your product marketing … Continue reading
Baying at the moon
8 CommentsI grew up in that period of awesome where kids thought walking on the moon was the best things anyone could ever hope to achieve. I was probably not ever going to get to the moon, but I wanted to … Continue reading
The US Post Office mangled their good news again
Leave a commentYesterday, The Rachel Maddow Show (with guest host Melissa Harris Perry) ran a story segment about Owney the Post Office dog. In short, a new stamp will be issued today with Owney’s image. I’m not sure how easy it is … Continue reading