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Tag Archives: WSJ
The debt the next generation will be paying was not started by our government, but by ourselves
4 CommentsAlice Paul c. 1930s In her article in the WSJ, Peggy Noonan uses an example that has been kinda turning over in my head ever since I read it early yesterday morning. In it, she quotes Rep. Marsha Blackburn of … Continue reading
Risk as a downhill ski run, Bode Miller style
3 CommentsI was reading my Wall Street Journal today, page after page of blah, blah, blah and then I came across this story on page B8. It stopped me dead in my tracks. I am not following the Winter Olympic Games … Continue reading
Being naked is not a sex crime*
7 CommentsThis is a response to Police Chief Mark Beckner trying to ban the annual Naked Pumpkin Run in Boulder, Colorado. Here is the logic of “being naked is a sex crime.” Genitals and breasts are used during sex. A display … Continue reading
Why celebrities on Twitter need journalists and PR folks
5 CommentsI’m pretty sure I was not the only puppy watching Kutcher’s video where he broke 1 million followers on Twitter, scratching my head at the $100,000 check he was holding up as a donation to the Malaria No More organization. … Continue reading
How we are all connected
Leave a commentToday, I heard from a long-time reader who emailed me just to let me know she was still reading and that she had been enjoying the blog ever since she first saw it. Wow! Whenever I get an email like … Continue reading
Sarah Palin, please grow up, shut up, go away or learn some English
6 CommentsIn a CNN.com blog post yesterday, Ms. Palin is quoted as saying: I would think we all tear up during the national anthem at the beginning of a baseball game, don’t we? That’s an alikeness between Alaskans and New Yorkers. … Continue reading
I know nothing, but let me tell you about it anyway
6 CommentsFew things make me more upset than “journalists” who have no knowledge of the facts of a story, write about it or get on television, answering phantom questions about hypoteticals. Then the anchor or host treats their answers like they … Continue reading