Archive for February, 2008

The Write Stuff…

 
TV news—in its present form—is in trouble.
Oh, it’s not that we’re doing bad things—but rather that we’re becoming less relevant to our audience..

A recent Zogby poll indicates two-thirds of Americans—a whopping 67%–think traditional journalism is out of touch with their lives.
You can read the details here—which includes the fact that just about half the people [...]


Over A Barrel…

 
I readily admit I’m not the brightest bulb on the marque—but I don’t understand this surge in gasoline prices at the pump…

It wasn’t but a couple of weeks ago they were talking about how the record oversupply of gasoline stocks was forcing the price at the pump to fall sharply…
You can read that article [...]


The Price We Pay…

 
There’s a school of thought among many parents that we should make the lives of our children better than ours were when we were growing up.
And although that seems laudable—it’s possible we’ve gone too far..

There’s a new survey out that indicates our materialistic world may be damaging our children…
You can read here how [...]


Bits & Pices, Odds & Ends Version11.0

So many frustrations…so little time—

 
—So here comes some more bits of what’s left of my mind…
 
 
WHOSE ON FIRST ….
Since her campaign began—we’ve been a bit confused by Hillary Clinton’s repeated references to “her” presidency—and have had fun listing them on the sidebar when we’ve heard them.
But now comes Bill—campaigning for Hillary—in Ohio, telling folks [...]


It’s Getting Heated…

 
As the March 4th primaries loom—Hillary Clinton is under more and more pressure to come up with victories in the big delegate states of Ohio and Texas…

And as the Barack Obama picks up more and more momentum in the polls—things are getting heated between the two…
 
You can read here how Hillary’s been angrily denouncing Obama as [...]