Hey, newspapers and magazines and broadcast networks and cable channels, when it comes to the 2016 Presidential campaign, skip the whole thing! Journalists ought to simply skip the whole campaign circus, and forget about access journalism when it comes to the presidential race. It’s a waste of time and money. The point the author tries …
How much tragedy does one family need? Beau was one of the survivors of the car crash which killed his mother and sister in 1972, and now he’s dead of brain cancer at the young age of 46. Mr. Biden is survived by his wife, Hallie, and their two children, Natalie, 11, and Hunter, 9; …
The tabloidization of news is almost complete. Look at this case. A former (former!) Speaker of the US House of Representatives has been indicted for breaking banking laws and lying to the FBI. He has not been indicted for bribery of a public official. He hasn’t been a public official himself since 2006. He’s a …
Have you heard of EV Nautilus, an exploration vessel run by the Ocean Exploration Trust under the direction of Titanic and Bismarck discoverer Dr. Robert Ballard? An old college acquaintance of mine is on board Nautilus and has been posting updates on Facebook. The ship transited the Panama Canal tonight. Here’s a live video stream …
Maybe. It seems unbelievable, but FIFA’s presidential election is scheduled for this Friday, and it hopes to go on with it in spite of the mass arrests of some of its executives on Wednesday. The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) wants the election postponed, and from an American’s point of view, it’s hard to …
Multiple FIFA officials arrested in Switzerland.. As leaders of FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, gathered for their annual meeting, more than a dozen plain-clothed Swiss law enforcement officials arrived unannounced at the Baur au Lac hotel, an elegant five-star property with views of the Alps and Lake Zurich. They went to the front desk to …
Timberlake, Lewis G, b. 09/05/1924, d. 08/24/1993, CAPT, CEC, USN, Plot: CT2 G-435, bur. 08/31/1993 Alford, James J, b. 03/16/1928, d. 12/20/1996, US Marine Corps, PFC, Plot: CT3-K300347, bur. 01/23/1997 Thanks, Dad and Uncle Jim.
Saturday is towels and clothing, Sunday is sheets. If I feel ambitious, I do another load of dog rugs and towels. Then she turns her nose up at them for a day or two after they’re put back down in her spot.
I don’t know whether to fault the judge or the prosecutor for the failure to find guilty a cop who stood on the hood of a car and fired fifteen shots through the windshield at two unarmed black people. Was the judge just willful, or did the prosecutor fail to prove that any of those …
In all this massive media coverage of Josh Duggar and his criminal behavior, I’ve seen very little concern evinced for the kids who were molested by this man. Why is that?