As though the FCC doesn't have real work to do (media over-consolidation, net neutrality, diversity in broadcasting). No, the FCC is still worked up about Janet Jackson's breast, which "flashed for nine-sixteenths of a second during her [2004 Superbowl] performance with Justin Timberlake." Egads! I hope that the numerous young…
There's hope for those of us with messy desks. This is a photo of Albert Einstein's messy desk taken in April, 1955. I enjoyed this anecdote regarding Einstein: EINSTEIN came to Princeton University in 1935 and was asked what he would require for his study. he replied: "A desk, some…
The November issue of The Atlantic features Michelle Rhee, the new 38 year old Chancellor of the Washington D.C. School District. This is an excellent biography, titled "The Lightning Rod," which focuses on what Rhee had to do to get anything done at all. Consider her bold approach: Since her…
I remember watching a physical fitness workout expert named Jack Lalanne when I was about 6 years old (this was back in 1962). I stumbled across LaLanne's name today and wondered whether he was still alive. Indeed he is. Now 94, Lalanne has lived long enough to transform his media…
I see lots of upside to Al-Qaeda's use of a racial slur to demean President-elect Barack Obama. Perhaps these racial slurs will wake up some of those rabid Palinites who thought that Barack Obama was doing the bidding of Al-Qaeda all along. Consider, also, that many conservatives are xenophobically patriotic. …