The Economist, a publication I strive to read religiously, often puts forth opinions I agree with (it is a British conservative publication, which puts it somewhere in our center, although they often have more liberal stances on the environment etc then we have) Either-way, if your looking to get a good opinion on the tragedy [...]
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Events like those at VA Tech usually get people talking about the laws concerning guns, although at this point its unclear what arguments will emerge (some have already blamed gun laws for not allowing students guns to defend themselves with), what is clear already is that the guns used in the shootings were legally purchased [...]
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Across the country colleges are coming together to support and pray for VA Tech, OSU yesterday had what I thought was a good way to honor the tragedy by having the chimes of “Orton Hall, on the Oval…play[ed] the Virginia Tech alma mater in memory of those individuals who lost their lives Monday on the [...]
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There isn’t much I can add to the massacre at Virginia Tech where at least 32 students were murdered by a classmate yesterday. I learned the news at work and was numbed by the numbers and the horror. I still remember 9/11 and my feelings on that frightful day and possibly because of that I [...]
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As you’re probably aware, while on his way to the Governor’s mansion to oversee the “apology” from Don Imus to the Rutgers women’s basketball team, the Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine was seriously injured (including multiple fractures to his ribs and legs sternum, collar bone, and lower vertebra) in a car accident. The governor [...]
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Maybe not the greatest idea we learn from the saga of TN blogger Katherine Coble, who posted her opinion of an encounter with a headhunting firm, only to get a demand letter from King & Ballow, a law firm that apparently doesn’t spend enough time researching the law (specifically on comments) that is emerging around [...]
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“There’s no question that Akon’s stuff sounds best braying from a Motorola Razr.” -”Lord of the Ringtones: How Akon became a star” at Slate If you haven’t purchased $1.99 ringtones yourself you may be in the shrinking minority. The craze hadn’t seemed to have hit the states as hard when I went to study abroad [...]
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Sunday was Easter and I woke up only to find that indeed the blizzard of lake effect snow that had canceled the Indians games all weekend had continued, bringing to a total about 17 inches at my parents house. Thankfully Sunday afternoon when I got back to Columbus there was zero evidence of snow and [...]
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This is what Ed was talking about.
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So when you hear snow and sports you might first think of biathlon, or maybe the NFL, but surely not baseball, they train in spring for goodness sakes. Yet for some reason today the Cleveland Indians opened up at home, in front of a sold out stadium, (not sure how many folks braved the cold [...]
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