Article Archive for September 2007
In some weird twist of karmic revenge, within one week of publishing my story about the UAW strike, my car broke down. I was driving home after a nice morning run, listening to my stomach growl …
I have had a couple of readers and some random people ask me about the “bitch” in News-Bitch. The fem camp is appaled, how can I own such a word? As I noted on the …
When you are the leader of a nation where human rights abuses are the rule and not the exception, a nation that is enriching uranium against the wishes of the UN and the majority of …
In the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks people were searching for amazing stories of survival. The nation was looking for something to hold up the light that would shine and give us hope. Three …
A debate is raging over the need to provide health care for children. That may seem like an oversimplification of the issue, but take away all of the talking heads and the election time mud …
South Carolina’s school faculty is riding a wave of sex with minors.  Yet another teacher has been charged with having sex with a minor. Only weeks after Allena Ward of Bell Street Middle School was charged with having sex with one …
At 11 o’clock central GM workers put down their tools and took up signs. They are striking for a better contract that gives them more job security and better health care benefits. I am all …
My sister’s labor was induced Thursday and is still in the process of having a baby girl. This is the first baby in my family and I am learning that there thing that are better left unsaid, …
Today thousands of people will be marching on Jena, LA. The papers and TV news are talking about a second civil rights movement and conjuring images of the 1960′s civil rights marches. This time, there is …
In honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, here is a list of ten pirate phrases for different occupations and if you happen to work in one of these occupations, the phrase it should replace. And …
In a dramatic confrontation, journalism student Andrew Meyer was removed from the auditorium and then tasered by police during a speech John Kerry was giving at speech at the University of Florida. Video shows Meyer peppering Kerry …
This morning, before I headed into work for my morning meetings, I had to get a tetanus shot in my right arm. This shot came on the heels of a dramatic incident on Sunday when …
I am going to beat a dead horse here, but I still can’t fathom what is wrong with football players. In no other sport can you find more illegal activity by both current and past …
I have been trying for almost a week now to figure out the lesson that is to be learned from last Sunday’s VMA performance by Brittney Spears. It just didn’t seem right and I knew …
Today’s burning question: Could Brittney Spears have flown in her splashy, sequined VMA outfit? The unequivocal answer… not if she was flying Southwest. Air travel today is hard enough without adding the new dress code dimension. …
There is something slightly insane and maybe even slightly pornographic going on in the Russian government. Last month there were Abercrombie style pictures released of Vladimir Putin bare-chested with a come hither look on his face. To follow, there …
I was sleeping. It was still only quarter to eight in the morning. My mom called, at first I said fine, okay and started going back to sleep. This wasn’t the first time my mom …
It is not a surprise, nor a secret that the United States is a culture deeply rooted in fear. There was fear before 9/11 but it grew exponentially afterwards. There are a number of politicians …
It has recently come to my attention that there are certain things that “nice†girls do not do. There is smoking (guilty), drinking too much (double jeopardy – can’t convict), talking about politics (it’s a …
 Presidential Candidates and the Media Part 4
Some might find it difficult to take a guy with the name Mitt seriously, so it is either a stroke of genius or a serious miss step to play …
