The other day a very good point was brought up on a radio talk show I listen to. The host is an old school journalist. He attended the University of Florida back in the seventies (I think) when news was really news. I too went to the UF and studied journalism. Even in my day (1983) […]
God save the queen–from any further encounters with our (not mine, I didn’t vote for him) prudence-plundering president. I’m just wondering, does he actually practice his speeches before he makes them? If so, does he get his helpful feedback from Batman’s joker or what? Something is going repeatedly and horribly wrong.
This time it was only Queen […]
The travesty at Virginia Tech. once again begs the question of where one person’s civil rights end and those of others begin.
The scant details being revealed about the shooter already indicate serious and apparent mental problems long before this horrific massacre took place. English teachers questioned this student’s mental state, based on violence in his […]
Lambaste me all you want but, so far, I like what Hillary’s saying. During an early primary-campaign speech in New Hampshire she frankly and concisely addressed the main problems in today’s government–waste and incompetence. She outlined a plan, highlighting the need to get rid of 500,000 government contractors–a potential savings of $18 billion a year. I can […]
Some days we can tell, even before our eyes are fully open, what kind of day it’s going to be. For me those are usually not banner days.
Yesterday I ascended from unconsciousness and looked through half slits at my cat, Buddy. Buddy’s a girl cat with a boy dog’s name. My son and his girlfriend […]
The growth of Google and more recently YouTube are forcing intellectual property questions into the faces of just about everyone. Downloading and reproducing books, articles, photographs and other creative materials (now videos) “is legally ambiguous,” says the Wall Street Journal. What will happen and what questions should Web users (and journalists) be asking?
Manners […]
As a relationship expert, I can tell you that using less-than-flattering images of candidates in a political race most definitely will do damage to the candidate being skewered. The pen may be mightier than the sword, but in today’s times, the image is king. Technology has made communicating much more image intense to the extent […]
Today I received a call from a reporter asking me for my thoughts on the phenomenon of reverse sex tourism — where women are now arriving alone, in foreign countries, looking for sex from young male prostitutes. It’s a reversal of what’s been happening in places like Thailand for years, where (largely American) men […]
“Why is it that today’s peace movement is dominated by the middle-aged and the retired,” asked one of my readers… “Where are the kids? Is it solely the absence of a draft that has caused younger people to bypass antiwar protest, or are there other factors as well?”
Younger people live in a different world than […]
After the death of Brazilian supermodel Ana Carolina Reston earlier this year as a result of anorexia, the Council of Fashion Designers of America issued guidelines to designers aimed at promoting healthy behaviors among fashion models. Will this work?
Promoting healthy behavior among fashion models will work for some models. It will bring attention to the […]