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Why I Listen to Rush Limbaugh
I consider myself an intellectual, so, yes, I expect some blowback to my assertion that I listen to Rush Limbaugh. Even my conservative parents, who agree with him on economic issues, can’t stand him....
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Steve Jobs’ Culture
The world as recently learned of the death of Steve Jobs. He is being hailed as a hero who virtually created the world of technology we live in single-handedly. He started the first personal computer...
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Goin’ to Brazil
The things statisticians will come up with to measure are simply amazing to me. This week they have measured where the people of the world are spending their cash. Take a look at alcohol and tobacco...
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Snoop Dog’s A Muslim
Found this today. The article reveals Snoop Dogg’s a Muslim. At Sunday’s event, the rapper sat on stage while Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan gave a speech. He said afterwards that listening to...
View ArticleThe Changing Media: My Father’s Generation
I found this oldie but goodie on 51 things your father should have taught you. My father taught me well, and one of the things he taught me was how to watch the news. Things have changed somewhat since...
View ArticleThe Changing Media: The Baby Boom Generation
The is a continuation of a post on the changing media atmosphere. The New Media of the 1960s In the 1960s, people were polite to one another in the media. They were not obsessed with the goings-on of...
View ArticleDeaf-Mutes in Chairman Mao’s China
I found this horrific post on Michael Berube’s blog. It concerns deaf-mutes in Mao’s China. They are robbed of their speech until the “Mao Zedong Thought Medical Team” brings Mao’s thoughts on health...
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Obama, IBD, and P-E Ratios
I read Investors Business Daily (IBD) daily because it satisfies me that their system works more perfectly than any I have ever found for the single purpose of picking stocks. That’s not to say that it...
View ArticleReply (and Apology, if Necessary) to Alan Reynolds
I suppose I ought to be more careful when I write, because, although I started writing this blog for the purpose of rehabilitating my stroke-ridden mind (and for no other purpose, really), people...
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The Return of the Bus Plunge
Today, I found this article, entitled “12 dead in S.Korea bus plunge,” on the web. As you can see from the headline, it is the story of 12 people who have been killed in a ‘bus plunge’ in South Korea....
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