The world of print journalism will never be the same again. After 150 years of service to the Denver community, the Rocky Mountain News announced Thursday that their final issue would be Friday (February 27, 2009). Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, the newspaper had been in financial trouble for months due...
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The Death of a Newspaper, the Tumult of an Industry
Obama poised to publicize sweeping health care reform
Keeping true to his campaign promise, President Obama is set to unveil a bold health care reform plan. Allocating $634 billion over ten years, Mr. Obama combines several key measures aimed at reducing costs and increasing affordability for the roughly 47 million Americans without health insurance.
But will it work?
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One Obama Over the Cuckoos Nest
President Obamas address to Congress tonight fits the definition of insanity quite nicely: he keeps repeating his economic policy over and over expecting the American people to change their opinions. Reiterating, yet again, the benefits of his plan as well as the urgency of the moment, I felt like a fourth grader being lectured...
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The Downs File: Comments on IHOP’s Celebration of National Pancake Day
Today, IHOP was nice enough to give away free stacks of pancakes in celebration of National Pancake Day. Those individuals who visited IHOP between 7AM and 10PM could receive three free buttermilk pancakes topped with a dollop of butter. IHOP was also hosting a fundraising drive for the Children’s Miracle Network, which raises money...
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Hopeism, Obama, and $1,000,000,000,000 deficit
President Obama is set to announce a bold plan to cut the federal deficit in half over the next four years. Mr. Obama, stop playing the American people for fools. Adidas may claim that Impossible is Nothing, but I doubt that even Adidas would endorse such a unrealistic plan. So to those of you...
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You must never say the N-word!
It was with incredible shock that I heard Senator Dodd casually mention the n-word while appearing as a guest on “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” a Bloomberg Television talk show that airs on Friday afternoon and Sunday morning. That a man could so audaciously use such a powerful, aggressive word in seemingly polite...
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Alex’s Musings: 2/18/09
I dont really know what to make of the Roland Burris debauchery. I have a feeling its much to do about nothing, but then why is he still a media spectacle?
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All The News That’s Fit To Print (Except What’s Actually Important)
I did not trust the New York Times, as I believe that it is generally better suited for use lining my family's dear cat's litter box or sopping up grease from the floor when my mother fries veal on the stove. In this case, as in many others, I was proven correct.
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Alex’s Musings: 2/17/09
Let Them Go Bankrupt
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Congratulating the Next Castro
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