February 21, 2008
Working the night shift

I typically work a swing shift (which is heck on the social life), but I've also pulled all-nighters working at various newspapers -- most of them when I was special sections editor/reporter/systems editor at The Daily World in Aberdeen, Wash. I actually pulled more all-nighters at that job than I did in college. Having said […]

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February 21, 2008
That's it?

More than a decade ago when I was a reporter for the Lompoc Record I had a great story drop into my lap. A female student (she was 18) at one of the area high schools (there are two) had received work-study credit for stripping. I'm not talking about removing the bark from wood, I'm […]

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February 20, 2008
This is a problem

I found this one-panel webcomic, better-drawn than I could accomplish, that sorta just says it all.

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February 20, 2008
Journalism 101

THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED It's perhaps the most basic thing you get taught in a journalism class: Get both sides of the story. If Group A accuses Person B of Bad Thing X, you do your darndest to get Person B's side of the story. If Person B doesn't respond, you put that in […]

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February 19, 2008
Ron Paul's constitution

It was buried at the end of the Associated Press report on the House vote to hold two White House officials in contempt. The House voted Thursday to hold two of President Bush's confidants in contempt for failing to cooperate with an inquiry into whether a purge of federal prosecutors was politically motivated. The first […]

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February 19, 2008
We're less safe

Starting in the early morning hours of Sunday, terrorists worldwide could take solace in the fact that U.S. intelligence agencies would have to jump through all sorts of hoops to listen in on their private phone conversations. How did this happen? First a FISA court ruled bizarrely, that terrorists have a right to privacy. Well, […]

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February 19, 2008
Dead guy calls in sick

Fidel Castro, dead for a couple years, has announced that he won't "run" for office again. Good riddance. Here's hoping that Cuba Libre is close.

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February 18, 2008
Blog weirdness

For some strange reason, the calendar, category list and blogroll normally on the sidebar have disappeared (from the Redoable template). I wasn't futzing with the template, so I don't know how this happened. If you want to access the blogroll or any of the other things that are missing, for the time being I suggest […]

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February 18, 2008
The Cult of Obama

I've got Jewel's "Who will save your soul?" song stuck in my head after listening to this speech by Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack, from a campaign rally a couple weeks back at UCLA. Captain Ed has helpfully provided a partial transcript of the remarks. In 2008, we are still a nation […]

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February 15, 2008
In defense of a lunatic leftist

There's a certain amount of self-interest involved, but I'm going to go out on a limb and defend nutty Bush-hater Chez Pazienza to a limited extent. Pazienza is a blogger in his spare time. His paying gig was as a senior producer for CNN's "American Morning." I say "was" because Panzienza was fired earlier this […]

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