My mother and sister had a conversation in my sister’s kitchen earlier this week that wasn’t earth-shattering, but simplistic and interesting. The discussion was over an interview where the person was asked a question where the answered was guaranteed to generate some buzz. The person could have shied away and said “no comment” or come…
Tag: New York Times
No Room At The Workplace
Over the weekend, two New York Times (credit to SI’s Richard Deitsch for highlighting these links on his Media Matters column this week) articles about unemployment in Europe and here in the United States, reaffirms my belief that the middle class is extinct, or on the verge of it…and it is time to create a…
De-cluttering a Few Things: July 15, 2013
A few thoughts to de-clutter as I start preparing for the prep football season, which starts in about 45 days. Aaron Hernandez: unless this story turns into O.J. Simpson part deux, Hernandez is in big trouble. Then again, anything can happen in a trial (see O.J., Duke Lacrosse, Casey Anthony, et al.). The point is…
Sunday Sports Leisure Reading – March 25, 2012
I haven’t done one of these for awhile, but there’s plenty of stuff going on that’s flying under the radar. Deadspin this week profiled two former Drake Basketball greats in their series, “Tell Me When It’s Over”. Willie Wise and current Drake color analyst Dolph Pulliam recalled their run to the Final Four and facing…
Sports and News Links (The Day After The “Big Game”)
There’s some news and interesting stories that may have flown under the radar over the past week. Let’s check some Sunday reading before settling down to watch pro football or whatever suits your fancy. ESPN has been the king of sports coverage and have withstood most of their competitors. Could that change now with the…
Civility Is Not Dead...Yet 