17 Apr
Posted by charles as Journalism, commentary
Is this getting old or what? The conventional wisdom used to be that presidential candidates ought to debate as much as possible….that is, until this campaign.
I don’t know about you, but I, for one, am getting really tired of the endless Hillary Clinton-Barack Obama debates.
Though they each claim to be taking the higher road, they [...]
16 Apr
Posted by charles as Journalism, News, Politics, commentary
Whatever else comes out of this historic and strange presidential nomination process, no one can argue that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama ducked debating one another. In fact, the debate in Pennsylvania Wednesday marked the 21st debate of this campaign for the two Democratic party rivals.
Although many times in the past, so-called experts claimed that one [...]
Where have all the good loans gone? Long time passing…
Long time passing and longer time fixing, apparently.
UBS–the Swiss bank–says it will need three full years to “repair the reputation damage” it says it suffered –this after becoming the world’s “hardest hit” bank stemming from the subprime crisis.
The bank has already written down some $37 billion in [...]
15 Apr
Posted by charles as Journalism, News, commentary
The jokes about this story are practically endless. Should you think of one, go ahead and email it or post it as a comment. The story is rooted (told you) in what is being presented as a true life story by the British newspaper Telegraph.
Photo Credit: The Daily TelegraphThe paper appears to document the case [...]
15 Apr
Posted by charles as Journalism, commentary
This is a black day for the flying public. Delta Air Lines has made it official. Unless the Justice Department says no, which is not likely, Delta says it will buy Northwest to create the world’s biggest airline and the world’s biggest ripoff for consumers.
Rising fuel costs are behind the $3 billion buyout. By combining [...]
13 Apr
Posted by charles as Journalism, News
I am going to give this story exactly the amount of words it is worth—
Britney Spears had yet another traffic accident in Los Angeles. She rear-ended another car on the freeway. She was apparently neither drunk nor drugged. But, she is still very stupid.That’s it.