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12/31/2010
IconThe Associated Press just recently released its "Chronology of News Events in 2010."  It includes such momentous occasions as the Obama administration filing a lawsuit in Phoenix to block Arizona's toughest-in-the-nation immigration law (leaving out that it is an anti-illegal  immigration law), actress Lindsay Lohan beginning a 14 day jail sentence (reduced from 90 days due to overcrowding) for violating probation in a 2007 drug case, Wikileaks posting 90,000 leaked U.S. military records from the war in Afghanistan, and..... More >>

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12/04/2010
Icon"My wife and I started a business a couple of years ago.  We formed a limited liability company (LLC) to run the business, and split the ownership (and the work) 50-50... More >>

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11/15/2010
IconA lot of the most popular video games on the market are war games.  Are they good or bad for teenage boys? More >>

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11/08/2010
IconI have to admit something from the start. I am a Glee fan. My wife and I looked forward to the pilot when we heard the concept and bought in from moment one. Being on "the Journey", I have never stopped believin' in Glee... More >>

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10/27/2010
IconMissy Smith is running for Washington D.C. delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.  She is running against incumbent Eleanor Holmes Norton and claims to have the backing of the Tea Party movement.   What is most interesting about this candidacy?  She is running largely as an anti-abortion candidate. More >>

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10/13/2010
IconWhether you call it "reality," or "actuality," it makes for "trash" television on purpose. Matt Philbin, managing editor of the Culture and Media Institute says: "Reality television plays to people's worst instincts and depends on people behaving badly, manipulating others, lying and violence." More >>

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10/07/2010
IconI am unbelievably furious!  I have a new book coming out in January, entitled "Surviving Shark Attacks on Land."  It has to do with betrayal and revenge.  18 year old Tyler Clementi didn't survive his recent shark attack on land.  He killed himself by jumping off the George Washington Bridge in New York.  He posted a goodbye on his Facebook page just eight minutes before he ended his life. More >>

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09/25/2010
Icon"Over the weekend I was looking for a specific item which I could not find locally. I found a source on the Internet, but I'm a little nervous about doing business with these folks..." More >>

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09/15/2010
IconFacebook recently added a check-in or location-sharing feature, much like the one provided by FourSquare.com... More >>

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09/07/2010
IconI've been sitting "shiva" for the past four weeks after I issued my apology for using a word on this radio program that I should not have used. I've let the hounds of fury misinterpret and misrepresent my apology, as well as my decision to end my syndicated radio program at the end of the year.  I've been asked why didn't I strike back?  Frankly, with folks like Al Sharpton and Howard Stern and Wanda Sykes and organizations like Media Matters, the NAACP, and the Urban League (to name only a few) pelting me with insults, calling me a racist, saying "good riddance".....it was hard to get a word in edgewise. More >>

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