28 Nov
Posted by charles as Journalism, News, Politics, commentary
The Secret Service’s secret is out of the bag: The agency couldn’t protect a paper bag, let alone the President of the United States.
The Secret Service, of course, didn’t stop the Kennedy assassination, or the attempts on the lives of Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan…and, now, it appears that had the intent of the dinner [...]
22 Nov
Posted by charles as Journalism, News, Politics, commentary
“The Audacity of Ignorance,” would be the perfect title for a book by Sarah Palin, the failed former governor of Alaska and failed former Republican vice-presidential nominee and failed mother whose teen daughter apparently never learned about the use of condoms.
Instead, Palin’s book is called “Going Rogue,” which sounds exactly like the sort of stupid [...]
16 Nov
Posted by charles as Journalism, News, Politics, commentary
This is why the feds get the big bucks…or, at least, taxpayer bucks: A new report from the Agriculture Department says more than one in seven American households is finding it hard just putting food on the table, according to an Associated Press dispatch. That happens to be the highest rate since that department began [...]
07 Nov
Posted by charles as Journalism, News, Politics, commentary
Economic recovery? Maybe for Chase. But with an official unemployment rate now at 10.2%, the highest in more than a quarter of a century, it is hard to make the case that there is a recovery going on for the average American.
And, keep in mind, that 10.2% figure does not include those no longer [...]