Archive for the ‘Bad Decisions’ Category
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Offer, Counter-Offer
Posted on December 4, 2012
Republicans went all crazy yesterday and countered the White House with a fiscal cliff proposal that was first dreamed up by that crazy right-winger Erskine Bowles. Bowles, who used to...
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Shocking
Posted on October 20, 2012
“Shocking,” the woman’s sexy voice purrs over the radio dial. She is on XM/Sirius radio and she is selling a common household product. Well, not really. She is talking about...
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Profile in Cowardice: Gallaudet President T. Alan Hurwitz
Posted on October 16, 2012
These days college university presidents are little more than glorified fundraisers. They’re also controversy-averse CEOs, captive to a mandate of political correctness that’s stronger in the ivory tower of liberal...
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The 7 Billionth Person
Posted on November 1, 2011
According to the United Nations, the 7 billionth person came into the world the other day. I was wondering why it felt kind of crowded around here. The 1 billionth...
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On Basketball
Posted on October 28, 2011
“Get your head out of your ass.” We were in the locker room of a high school gym in the South Side of Chicago, and the coach of my team,...
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