Long time readers know that I have been a critic of WXRT for a very long time; however, I had not posted anything here on the subject recently. Part of my continued rants at the station was personal – I had sent two different letters to Norm Winer at the station and never received any […]

[Read more →]

After the online shouting ended, I was going to come here and write a post titled “Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution?” I was going to urge everyone who used to listen to WXRT, or who were getting tired the same old station to e-mail Mr. Farneda (john@wxrt.com) or write CBS like my online pen pal Ira […]

[Read more →]

I’m not very religious. I was raised Methodist and I can’t say I’m much of a believer anymore. So, I’ve spent most of the day calling today the “Annual Dirty Forehead Day,” since, being Ash Wednesday. I’m not Catholic but as I walked around at lunch today, I could see the people with the smudges […]

[Read more →]

I hate when the mainstream media makes a big deal out of part of a big story that is meaningless. All over the media – CNN, the Chicago Tribune, so many others, – are headlines that the NFL faces a big deadline tonight when the collective bargaining agreement with the players’ union expires. Yes, it […]

[Read more →]

The biggest story over the past several weeks has involved the strange antics and rants of “Two and A Half Men” star Charlie Sheen. Drugs, porn stars, hard partying, and now biting the hands that feed him. Sheen declared that he is “at war” with CBS and the producers of his sitcom “Two and a […]

[Read more →]

After many years of watching the Academy Awards, including having parties and pools on the results, I wasn’t going to watch the 2011 proceedings. I already knew (or thought I did) who was going to win, and Anne Hathaway and James Franco are fine actors, but I didn’t have much hope for their hosting. But […]

[Read more →]

Billy Ray Cyrus in an interview published in the upcoming issue of GQ Magazine says the Disney TV show “Hannah Montana” destroyed his family, causing his divorce and sending daughter Miley Cyrus spinning out of control. Cyrus said he wished the show that launched his daughter to pop stardom had never happened. “I hate to […]

[Read more →]