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The guys running Enron are a bunch of white-collar crooks. They apparently used accounting principles heretofore limited to the U.S. government. Enron created a series of complex partnerships in order to keep billions of dollars in debt off their books.With these debts hidden, Enron was able to continue borrowing cash to run its trading business. […]

Well, I just got back from my weekend up in Julian. A good time was had by all. Updates to Hoystory are en route.

You can't necessarily tell how smart, or how talented a writer is by reading their book, essay or newpaper article. An individual who can barely put a complete sentence together can look like a genius with one simple thing -- an editor. When you're a young reporter looking for a job or looking to take […]

First up, Reuters "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom-figher" news service is making some news again. *start digression* Just a quick note on the terrorist/freedom-fighter issue. As my father, the first teacher of Hoystory, has pointed out, there can be some truth in that statement. During the Revolutionary War, British loyalists would likely have […]

Well, my vacation has officially started. I'm not sure what that means as far as posting -- maybe more, maybe less. For now, I'm going to catch up on some posts I wanted to make earlier, but didn't have the time.

Phil Kloer of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution wins today's "Best lede" contest with this one: Oh yeah, baby, give me the news. You are just sooo . . . credible. The story is a good analysis of the whole CNN Paula Zahn promo flap.

Thinking about running a Super Bowl office pool? Well, you might want to think twice. Manager of office football pool is arrested on gambling charges SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) � A middle manager with AT&T was arrested for running an office football pool in which he took a 10 percent cut of the action equal […]

Blogger is apparently on the blink. I've got stuff to say...but you can't really complain too much about a free service.

Well, we have a new idiot of the day, the lawyer for Michael Lasseter. Lasseter made news when he ran through a security checkpoint to get a camera bag, resulting in the shutdown of Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport for several hours. Thousands of airline passengers had to leave the terminal and be rescreened because of […]

There's a great op-ed piece in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal by Pete Du Pont on anti-missile defense. As to cost, Mr. (Joe) Biden estimates that an antimissile defense system would have a price tag "well over $100 billion." To put that in perspective, the Sept. 11 attacks cost the economy maybe twice that. Recently 54 […]