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Monday, August 30th, 2010“Now more than ever, Americans love leaders who seem to validate their way of life. This spirit of self-affirmation was at work in evangelicals’ enduring support for Bush, in the enthusiasm for the Dean campaign among the young, secular and tech-savvy, and now in the devotion that Palin inspires among socially conservative women. The Obama [...]
Greyhound of the seas – Clipper ship
Thursday, August 26th, 2010“The clipper ship often shortened to clipper was a fast sailing ship that dominated the seas during the middle of the nineteenth century. It romanticized the seas and made pop stars of ship masters. Newspapers followed the voyages of the fastest of this fleet and bets were wagered on transit times. A true clipper had [...]
Editorial Notebook – Say It Loud – NYTimes.com
Monday, August 23rd, 2010“The class assignment for the eighth graders deep in rural Appalachia was to stand up guilt-free about extolling the dialect spoken in their local mountain “hollers.” Sound forth; never mind the “hillbilly” stigma that can especially haunt teenagers. On a visit a decade ago to Ellenboro, W.Va., I delighted to hear Kyre Bartz tell a [...]
First Amendment confusion in the Dr. Laura and mosque issues
Thursday, August 19th, 2010Dr. Laura’s shocking use of the N-word and racist attitude about inter-racial marriage is offensive. Her shocking lack of a basic knowledge of the First Amendment is, sadly, all too typical. Here’s what she says about why she is quitting her talk show: “I want to regain my First Amendment rights. I want to be [...]
Kilpatricks legacy of lyrical written treasures | Dallas Morning News
Thursday, August 19th, 2010William Murchison: Kilpatricks legacy of lyrical written treasures | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Opinion: Viewpoints. What’s wrong with newspapers – my beloved if shriveling industry? I have a submission: What’s wrong with newspapers is the lack of people who can write like, or who approximate writing like, or who lazily [...]
Judge Says Constitution Protects Right to Lie About Purple Heart | Threat Level | Wired.com
Monday, July 26th, 2010Now this is an odd issue. As a writer I tend to be absolutist where the First Amendment is concerned, but as a US Marine, I respect any and all attempts to preserve the integrity of our Service Men and Women. I think I would have erred on protecting the Services but perhaps have moderated [...]
Ford introduces new — and untraditional — Explorer
Monday, July 26th, 2010“…there is also a trend away from the McMansions and big vehicles of the 1990s, when people measured their wealth by home and car size. ”It’s a different world. People are much more thoughtful about their consumption, and the new Explorer is in line with that,”….” The quote above is from this article. It is so [...]
Headlines, purported to be real!
Friday, July 2nd, 2010Some pretty big laughs come from these headlines journalists have supposedly written, under deadline: British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands Dr. Ruth to Talk about Sex with Newspaper Editors Lung Cancer in Women Mushrooms Teacher Strikes Idle Kids Stud Tires Out Soviet Virgin Lands Short of Goal Again Shot Off Woman’s Leg Helps Nicklaus to 66 [...]
The Pope s PR Man
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010This is incredibly creative and incredibly funny. Quote below from the original piece, the voice is the Pope’s PR team. “Another major point is your branding. I think you’re confusing the peeps. Nowadays it’s all about niche marketing. You have to find a niche and stick. You’re anti-abortion and that’s cool. Polling indicates that a [...]
“Facebook tops in online evidence in Divorce Cases
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010The inability of some folks to understand that what they do in social media realms, is breathtaking. One more time folks, if you put “it” online, whether in an email, IM, web page, discussion board, or any other elctronic dissemination, by the very structure of the Internet, “it” lives forever and is, in effect, public [...]
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