Archive for the ‘bad news’ Category
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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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Viva Las Vegas
Posted on October 24, 2011
Politicians in Washington rushed Nevada into Statehood in 1864 to assure Abraham Lincoln a comfortable margin in his bid for reelection smack dab in the middle of the Civil War,...
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Rubio and the Hispanic Vote
Posted on October 21, 2011
Chris Matthews thought he would get me with his question on Marco Rubio. He asked me, breaking news style, what I thought about the revelations that Rubio’s family fled Cuba...
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Is the Private Sector Doing Just Fine?
Posted on October 20, 2011
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said yesterday: “It’s very clear that private sector jobs have been doing just fine, it’s the public sector jobs where we’ve lost huge numbers, and...
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