Ludlum Elementary School in Hempstead, NY might be the first to rename itself for Barack Obama. The students developed a grassroots consensus, brought it to the school board and the board, in another national first, said “Hey, why not?”, and just did it. The school is in an almost entirely African American and Latino community. [...]
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2 Jun
Weekends are getting shorter
This weekend whizzed by. There was a little babysitting, some RBC watching, errands, chores, a little enjoying of beautiful weather today. Throw in a little more TV watching and hey, presto! It’s almost Monday morning.
Well, the RBC did about what was expected and everyone was reasonably happy except the Clinton campaign. Or [...]
10 May
News Corp pulls bid for Newsday | Reuters
News Corp pulls bid for Newsday | Reuters
Yes! Oh, there is no cause elation. According to Tim Bolger in the weekly paper, The Long Island Press (published before this latest news), no matter who gets the paper it looks like the immediate future will involve personnel cuts and reduced quality. And the [...]
30 Apr
Virtual Bubble Wrap
No time for real a post today. I’m going to have to stay up late just to catch up with what’s been going on in the world. Before I do that, I’m going to take a wild guess that I’ll find that most of the major media have foregone analysis of McCain’s health care proposal [...]
26 Apr
Homeland Security – Long Island Style
There was a bi-county dirty bomb drill out here on Long Island today as reported in Newsday. It all went smoothly according to officials, other than the two hour delay caused by an accident on the Long Island Expressway. Potential terrorists are taking notes, I’m sure.
25 Apr
Friday Grandchildren Blogging
All both of them, just about two years ago. They’re both even more sophisticated now.
13 Apr
Happy Thomas Jefferson Day!
Hope you all had a good one! If you worked for the Malverne, NY police department and you had a shift today, you’d get comp time for it. It’s less certain if that perk will still be there next Thomas Jefferson Day. Or any of the the holidays honoring Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman or Gerald [...]
10 Apr
Taxing Matters
Hey, it’s almost April 15th. Here’s a broad overview of where our taxes are going. Want to place any bets about what’s most likely to get cut to provide our stimulus checks? Or we could just borrow a little more.
6 Apr
Blogging can be dangerous to your health
Could it be that blogging is killing people? This article in The New York Times on two untimely deaths seems to imply that it’s possible. It does sound like professional blogging can be a punishing amount of sedentary work. Probably not the healthiest combination in the world.
This brings to mind – in a bad way [...]
30 Mar
CIA Man
Meet the Press was devoid of candidates or their official surrogates today. Bummer. We must look forward to those “Gotcha!” questions. We keep tuning in on Sundays, after all. It’s either the questions or fascination with the size of Tim Russert’s head. Is just it me, or is it getting even bigger?
The main guest [...]
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