American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Wall Street Journal’s Pathetic Apology

All I can say is, don’t shoot the messenger:
But how can any responsible journalist not be disgusted by the Wall Street Journal’s apology today?
Senator Carl Levin’s office called yesterday to say we gave him far too much credit, or blame as we had it, for his role in the misbegotten 1993 law that limited the [...]

One Of Them Computing Machines

I don’t consider myself age-ist, I have plenty of friends who are old. I mean I even work for some one who is in their sixties. But, you know, with some older folks, they reach a point, well, when maybe it is time for them to retire. You notice small things, they forget little details [...]

Fair and Balanced

I am not a big fan of Fox News. I try to avoid every aspect of it, even its logo bothers me. Every now and then when I am up for a laugh or want to get riled up about something I will flip it on for a few minutes and laugh at Bill O’Reilly [...]

Fame

I know we are a culture obsessed with fame. We look to celebrities constantly, trying to get the latest news and gossip about them. There are over a dozen magazines out there whose sole purpose is to keep us informed as to what celebrities are doing and not doing.
Which leads me to this one: When [...]

How do you call a list with 4 points a “Top 10?”

I have started to notice this trend recently in the world of blogs where a post will claim to be “The Top 10________” and then will call itself “Part I” and only have a couple of entries. I found it a couple of weeks back in a post about CD storage and then again today.
I [...]

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