Not Toogood News.
If I ran a big-time news service, one of my policies would be to only run items as news that are really news. Here’s an example: Why is it news when Madelyne Gorman Toogood allegedly beats her daughter? She’s the Indiana woman who got caught on a parking lot video tape apparently punching her daughter… Read more
The Modern Business Relationship
Modern customer relations can be pretty strange. My wife bought a Dell laptop a few years ago, and that model turns out to have some problems with the batteries. Some unforeseen interaction with the charger can cause them to overheat and catch fire. It’s only actually happened once, and no one was hurt, but there… Read more
The Bigger Fool.
John Kass’s explanation of why Bob Greene had to be asked to resign is a little overwrought: She was in high school, brought to this newspaper by her parents. They trusted and respected him. They were in awe of him. And he did what he did with their daughter. I don’t care about sex lives… Read more
Why Nobody Takes the Libertarian Party Seriously.
I have a lot of sympathies for the ideals of the Libertarian party, but their campaigning skills leave a lot to be desired. Read more
Bob Greene
In an amazing bit of local news, Chicago Tribune Columnist Bob Greene has resigned under pressure for “inappropriate sexual conduct some years ago with a girl in her late teens whom he met in connection with his newspaper column.” I quoted last part exactly because as fellow blogger and actual journalist Bill Dennis points out,… Read more
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