Many times, especially now as I get older, there are people, books, music, that are popular but I either don’t like it/them, or, more often, I haven’t even heard of them/listened to their music/watched their television show or movie. It’s part of no longer being hip or “cutting edge.” This is natural, and I’ve more […]

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This is what “Reality TV” hath wrought. The hours of coverage of the balloon flying over the central US reportedly with a young boy inside shows us what kind of voyeurs Americans have become. Instead of taking time to follow health care reform; or reports over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; Americans were concerned […]

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The documentary “The Corporation” shows that one of the weaknesses of American jurisprudence is the ability of corporations to act as “individuals” in a legal sense. As such, the government can’t give corporations the “death penalty” if they continually break the law, pollute, etc. Unfortunately, corporations can suffer the same “sins” of hubris, and pride […]

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Usually, I have good reason to hate a sports team. The teams that appear at the top of this site are either traditional rivals of my favorite teams (Packers, Indians), or have “traditions” or fans that are so obnoxious, that they deserve to be hated (Notre Dame). I can’t say that I have ever rooted […]

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SLAM! That sound you hear is the Chicago 2016 Olympic team including Mayor Daley, Patrick Ryan, Oprah, and unfortunately, President and Mrs. Obama being slammed. In fact, the Chicago bid didn’t even make it to the finals. It was the first city eliminated before the International Olympic Committee gave the 2016 Summer Games to Rio […]

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With the Swiss arresting famed director Roman Polanski this week, this may finally bring an end to a 31-year farce. Polanski has lived abroad since being found guilty of giving drugs to a 13-year-old girl that he was photographing for Vogue Magazine and having sex with her. As the father of 2 daughters, I think […]

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To be fair, I want to post the response from Lin Brehmer, WXRT morning man and my follow up response from yesterday’s post. First, Mr. Brehmer: “I’m still not the music director. We have played Marshall’s new album, but not as much as some other new CD’s. I cannot second guess those people who have […]

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