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Lee Stranahan Gets it Right Edwards Acting Like He has “Something to hide” Most Americans Kept in the Dark by MSM Gatekeepers Lee Stranahan, at DailyKOS [Irrefutable Proof Of The John Edwards Scandal] does a good job of breaking the news to the left that the John Edwards scandal is real. On Wednesday, after his […]
Subtitled “Sound Bytes from the Consumer Cultureâ€, this is a curious book by a self-described nerd and enthusiast, being at once a polemic, a reference book, a trivia pop-quiz. And it is also charmingly interspersed now and again with nostalgic essays about toy cap-guns, fins on automobiles, old movie palaces and the author’s favorite aunt, […]
Private Investigator Sean NMI Sean returns for a case that is very close to home in this second book of the series begun with the very good “The Case of the Greedy Lawyers.” He lives in the normally quiet and unassuming suburb Roseville located in a northern side of the twin cities in Minnesota. As […]
A recurring theme of the Elvis Cole series has been the fact that Cole has never known who his biological father was. What he has been told about him may in fact be nothing more than lies. Raised first by his mentally ill mother and then later by grandparents, Cole has always been haunted by […]
Pundits are worried that voters have started getting the idea that Barack Obama is a rather arrogant and full of himself. It’s hard not to notice. He doesn’t just start many of his sentences in the first person or self-referentially, but repeats the “me, myself and I†two or three times. It’s either an odd […]
By Jefferson Flanders As the 2008 presidential campaign enters August, here are a few political questions to contemplate: WHO WOULD JOHN McCAIN AND BARACK OBAMA SELECT FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE RUNNING MATES if they put aside all considerations except winning key swing states? For McCain, former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge represents the best choice for the […]
There is no doubt in my mind, and it was backed up by the press release, a major influence in Joel Harrison’s musical career is Paul Simon. This CD is packed with Simonesque style. I happen to be a big fan of Paul Simon, so this CD fits right into my world. Joel Harrison uses […]
Senator Sam Brownback (Kansas) is warning that China is planning to mount a massive espionage operation on guests staying at major hotels during the upcoming Olympic Games next month. This shouldn’t surprise anyone. Although they consistently deny it, China has a history of spying on both business and government visitors. They also consistently get accused […]
Wally Olins, one of the most knowledgeable writers and thinkers on brand management in modern times, wrote back in 1989 in his seminal book on “Corporate Identityâ€, that “…oil companies are poor retailers.†The irony was that then, as now, the brand identities of Shell, BP or Esso were amongst the most ubiquitous in the […]
I have never been one to read a lot. I remember in high school writing book reports from using the forward in the book just so I wouldn’t have to read it. But I do remember one book in particular when I was in the 7th grade. It caught my interests so much that I […]
Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned I recall after WW2 a number of our basic industries dallied while Europe was both rebuilding and modernizing its own and basic services such as delivery of medicine to all. At the same time the U.S. found medical services blocked by the right wing A.M.A.’s slogan decrying “socialized medicine” and […]
Australia is rapidly becoming a major player in the movie world. There is something elusive yet unique in their productions. Rogue is a movie that maintains that Australian identity. It scored highly in its homeland, and now we in North America can have an opportunity to watch it. Directed by Greg McLean, Rogue takes us […]
SOAPnet has relaunched, there is no doubt that with the exception of my wife Jan, no one knows more about the world of Soap Operas than SOAPnet! If you want to find out what is happening in the world of popular TV series this is the place to visit. To celebrate the relaunch our friends […]
I like Google, they generally speaking offer a great product. If I want to search for stuff, Google is my weapon of choice. Of course even the best companies make mistakes. And clearly Google has just made a huge mistake. I have no idea how many people use Blogger, but I am sure the number […]
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