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It’s no big deal: Even the communists are complaining

Repeat after me: It’s no big deal! The world’s single-most important currency — the one the world trades in by default — continues to be devalued as the owner of that currency, the United States, has for the first time … Continue reading

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Some unanswered questions and thoughts of a former journalist

Let’s see if I understand this correctly: I can own a private enterprise that is quite profitable and makes lots of money for me; those who choose to invest in my company and my employees. I can play by the … Continue reading

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Obama to help fathers? How… like he helped the economy?

My first response was a bit skeptical; then it was a bit more positive, but not to worry: I got over that. It seems that President Obama used his Saturday radio address to weigh in on fatherhood. One might call … Continue reading

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What do Pulitzer Prizes mean anymore?

I recall studying journalism in college when discussions came up about the notion of “yellow journalism” and how a man named Joseph Pulitzer was synonymous with the term. For those who might not be familiar with the term, it generally … Continue reading

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Do they really believe this?

Is it just me or have the national media completely sold out for Obama? Okay, that’s a rhetorical question! Time Magazine’s latest Photoshopped cover image showing former President Ronald Reagan with his arm around Barack Obama is… well… ridiculous! The … Continue reading

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Whatever happened to customer service?

A blog in the Harvard Business Review follows the thoughts of an article published in the journal that suggests people really aren’t so much concerned with good customer service anymore. The article reports research and the blog expands on this … Continue reading

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Memories of a former journalist

Sometimes I miss working in journalism. Not the high profile sniping that we read in the newspapers or the reports of political shenanigans, though that was often fun to write about. No. I miss the every-day conversations with people that … Continue reading

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The rise of Conservative media and the web it weaves

came across one such artist recently who, in my own opinion, seems to have captured the sense of the rising anger in America: a righteous indignation over the principles and morals of a depraved Liberal society that believes people who work hard for what they have ought to be stripped of what they’ve earned so those who’ve sat on the proverbial couch and ate from the Liberal tray of chips can have more chips because somehow it’s not right to require they work for a living so they can buy their own food, health care, houses and what have you. Continue reading

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Paying protection money or suicide by politician: Either way American citizens and consumers lose

So why do farmers continue to support politicians who regularly vote to cut their water supplies, take their land, and regulate their ability to do business because some well-paid whiner claims that growing the food that feeds the nation isn’t as important as some bug, fish, mammal or reptile?

Today the California Farm Bureau Federation announced its support for Carly Fiorina for US Senate to replace Barbara Boxer. Continue reading

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American Newspapers apparently okay with shredding of the US Constitution

In the grand scheme of things, the Central Valley of California has benefitted over the past year or so in an ironic sort of way with respect to water and politics. Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh have highlighted the water issues impacting California’s Central Valley, and our own Congressman here in the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., has been eager to give voice to a region of the United States that is disappointingly ignored in both the state and US capitol buildings.
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