4 February, 2007 (18:37) | , , , ,
Borrowing a line, once again, from New York newspaper columnist Jimmy Cannon: nobody asked me, but…
SNOW ON THE BATTLE GREEN, THE TEMPERATURE IN THE TEENS, yet Saturday night (February 3rd) found country music star Hal Ketchum far from his Austin, Texas home, performing in the Joyful Noise Coffeehouse (which borrows the sanctuary of [ ] 31 January, 2007 (21:46) | , , , , ,
The most absurd story of the day was the panic caused in Boston by the sudden appearance of suspicious packages all over the city. LINK.LINK2.
Was it a major terrorist attack? Dirty Bombs? Anthrax?
Stinkbombs?
The answer is none of the above. The packages were placed there as a publicity stunt to promote Cartoon Network s show Aqua [ ] 8 January, 2007 (11:04) | , , , , , ,
As newspaper columnist Jimmy Cannon used to say: Nobody asked me, but…
KUDOS TO WALDO PROFFITT, former editor of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, still sharp as a tack entering (by my rough-and-ready count) his sixth decade of newspapering; his column on the upcoming Florida-Ohio State national championship football game showcases his uncommon sense, while including [ ] 29 December, 2006 (22:24) | , , , , ,
To echo that legendary newspaper columnist Jimmy Cannon, nobody asked me, but…
SOCIALITE PARIS HILTON topped Google’s list of most-searched-for terms on the search engine s news site in 2006.
Perhaps that should be “newz” site. The late historian Daniel Boorstin would have recognized Paris Hilton as a modern master of the celebrity “pseudo-event.” (Or [ ] 20 December, 2006 (13:07) | , ,
Music writers at the Boston Globe have named their top picks for the best albums of 2006, and interesting and varied set of lists it is, from Irish folk to classical, from progressive country to rock of all flavors.
They ve missed a few things, though, including three from artists who are right under their noses:
10 December, 2006 (17:48) | , , , ,
As the late, great newspaper columnist Jimmy Cannon used to say, nobody asked me, but
THE DESIGN FOR BOSTON’S NEW INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART HIGHLIGHTS THE WEAKNESS of much of current modern architecture. There s something very derivative and familiar about the structure. Yes, the Diller Scofidio Renfro design for the Institute (see here) [ ] 4 December, 2006 (05:58) | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
The new identity theft protection and recovery service by Truston is live.
The service is unique because it doesn t require you to give up your personal information, which could be stored in a database, and used to commit identity theft if it falls into the wrong hands.
In case you ve missed the weekly stories, databases are [ ] 29 November, 2006 (20:55) | , , ,
Here s a bizarre Supreme Court case. Several states are suing the EPA for failing to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
Massachusetts claims its shoreline will suffer if something isn t done, with a few others jumping on board.
On a gut level, this just seems wrong on so many levels. For one, the EPA is set up by [ ] 28 November, 2006 (04:11) | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
First gypsies impersonate Dr.
Phil and now someone is selling tickets to the Oprah show that smell a little phishy.
Illinois Attorney General, Lisa Madigan warned the public in a official statement:
In this case, e-mail recipients are asked to submit personal information and told they will receive tickets to The Oprah Winfrey Show after verification of [ ] 21 November, 2006 (13:05) | , , , , , ,
The College Republicans of Boston University are offering a Caucasian Achievement and Recognition Scholarship as a protest against racial preferences in admission.
The opponents argue that the CR s have polluted reasoned discourse on this issue.
It s hard to accept this considering that anyone who questions racial preferences is immediately labeled a racist and considered a member [ ] 19 November, 2006 (21:01) | , , , , , , , ,
On Wednesday, November 15, the Washington Post s Chris Cilizza reported on The Fix blog, among other things, that Senator John McCain of Arizona has unveiled a new web site, just for his exploratory committee for his nascent 2008 presidential campaign:
Posted at 04:09 PM ET, 11/15/2006
1 November, 2006 (22:33) | ,
And if there s not a good legal reason for what she did, I hope she s disbarred, too
Forty one year old Brian Lee has a criminal record that s six pages long.
Back in September, he defied a restraining order and stabbed the mother of his three children (aged 7, 4 and 2) in her pubic area and [ ] 29 October, 2006 (17:22) | , , , , , , ,
Warren Throckmorton, PhD
Fellow Grove City College professor and friend Paul Kengor took some time to address several questions I put to him about his new book, The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism. As Dr.
Kengor notes, his book is full of vital information for those interested in Reagan as person, President and crusader against the threat of communism. I recently reported on one interesting fact recorded in the book which is the attempt made by Sen Ted Kennedy to involve Yuri Andropov in American politics during the 1980s. There is much, much more in the book and well worth a read.
7 October, 2006 (20:30) | , , , , , , , , , ,
With a tip of the fedora to the late, great New York newspaper columnist Jimmy Cannon, nobody asked me, but
BOB WOODWARD, or his editors at Simon Schuster, deserve credit for a clever book title State of Denial with its multiple meanings.
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