Quote of the Week: Miralanda Wilson on Finding the Mega-Millions Ticket.
No. 829 And you thought you were disorganized:
Stirling Cooper Draper Pryce becomes an Equal Opportunity Employer.
No. 821 In case you’ve been in Brazil, or in a coma, you know that Madmen is back. The two-hour premiere of Season 5 had stirling ratings. And the times in 1964, they were a-changing. At the beginning of the episode, a civil rights march is in progress on the sidewalk in front of the [...]
Half Mast
No. 811 New Jersey officially mourned the death of Whitney Houston yesterday, the day of her funeral, by directing that flags be flown at half mast. Pennsylvania did the same for Joe Paterno. Purists have pointed out that neither was qualified for what is essentially a military honor. So what is anyone to do about [...]
Leonardo is Alive and Well and Living in London.
Tomorrow, the National Gallery in London opens what they are billing as the greatest exhibition of the paintings of Leonardo Da Vinci that has ever been, or, they say, probably ever will be.
The First Most Famous Groundhog in Pennsylvania Comes Out of his Burrow.
No, we are not talking about that lying rodent from Punxy. We’re talking about our Governor, who is so inaccessible that he must be spending a lot of time walking on the Appalachian Trail.
The Four Game Winning Streak.
No. 805 Excuse my impertinence. I refuse to get all stirred up predicting who is going to win on Sunday night. I noticed during dinner that ESPN was overanalyzing the situation, as normal. Could the Giants get to Brady? Was Brady intimidated by something or other? I forget what. Then they ask everybody down to [...]
DON’T CALL IT LUNACY, CALL IT COLONIALISM.
No. 804 Newt Gingrich has been taking some heat over suggesting that the United States plan to establish a permanent settlement on the Moon. You would think he had suggested colonizing a couple of countries in the Middle East. What is so crazy about planning a lunar colony? It makes a lot more sense, in [...]
Can You Say “Megaupload”, Boys and Girls?
No. 987 Try adding a hyphen: “Mega-upload.” Aha! This Japan-based internet giant was recently shut down by the FBI on charges that its file-sharing service was enabling users to share copyrighted material in vast quantities. And the head honcho of Megaupload, who has the intriguing name “Dotcom” was arrested and is being held without bail [...]
The Loyal Tipstaff.
No. 793 The Pittsburgh Post Gazette expanded its coverage yesterday of employment of the President Judge’s two daughters and two sons-in-law within the judicial system by publishing a list of the relatives of judges working as their tipstaves (yes, that’s the plural), law clerks and other members of their office staff. These Post Gazette articles, [...]
Penn State Owes a Public Apology to Paterno, Now not Later.
No. 791 The following post was written before the death of Joe Paterno had been publicly announced. The way the Penn State Board fired Joe Paterno was cowardly and wrong. They bowed to overwhelming pressure of a media-driven lynch mob. Ultimately, in cooler times, Mr. Paterno will be vindicated before the law and in the [...]
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