LOOKS like Microsoft may have found a way to compete with Amazon and Apple, at least that’s their thinking right now. From TechCrunch: Microsoft is offering to pay $1 billion to buy the digital assets of Nook Media LLC, the digital book and college book joint venture with Barnes & Noble and other investors, according [...]
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Hard News, Buzzfeed, and Girlie Shots
WHAT makes Buzzfeed work? There’s an interesting story in the May/June issue of Foreign Policy. Written by Ben Smith, he explains why he went to Buzzfeed in 2011, opting out of Politico for a site that lives on trending topics. It’s basically the story of how the world is reported and digested today. Here’s an [...]
So Long, Facebook… *Update*
UPDATE APRIL 14: …I’m back on Facebook, page restored. [BUMPED FROM MARCH 20 - original post below] VERY INTERESTING… Last week this site got hacked, malicious intent clear. Lots of other weirdness in my tech world ensued. …including that I was suddenly locked out of Facebook. Now it appears that my Facebook page that’s been [...]
Snowquester: March Comes In Like a Lion [Photo-palooza!] *Updated*
IT’S BEEN snowing for hours here in the Beltway, inches of snow already fallen and melted. This is the view outside my office. But now the flakes are larger and coming down like a blizzard. It’s beautiful, but then, I love the snow… It’s likely the last of this season. I’ve updated this post with [...]
News Desk: Judge in Huffington Post Case Refuses to Dismiss, Allows “Fraud and Unjust Enrichment” Added to Complaint
In a major development in the bitter court fight over the founding of the Huffington Post, a New York judge has for the second time refused the request of media moguls Arianna Huffington and Ken Lerer to dismiss the case. The new ruling also expands the scope of the case to include claims of fraud [...]
“Fifty Shades of Grey” Starts a New Conversation, But It’s Not the One ABC or CNBC Thinks It Is
WOMEN DON’T like gonzo erotica. Alert the media. I’m serious, because when it comes to women and sexuality the American media is C.L.U.E.L.E.S.S. Thank the gods for E.L. James’s Fifty Shades of Grey, because now at least erotica that turns women on is being talked about in a way that is relatable by a larger [...]
If It Weren’t for Dear Abby I Wouldn’t Have Had My Advice Column
Long before the Internet — and long before the pervasive electronic confessionals of Dr. Ruth, Dr. Phil, Dr. Laura, et al. — the Dear Abby column was a forum for the public discussion of private problems, read by tens of millions of people in hundreds of newspapers around the world. It is difficult to overstate [...]
Your Continued Support Matters
IT’S THE holidays and I know there are a million things on your list. I hope you consider adding a donation to this site one of them. Any amount is appreciated! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making this new media site a place you stop by and read. I so appreciate [...]
It’s Christmastime. Find Joy and Heal. [Obama's Full Remarks - Video]
“I want to talk to the White House. I know that they can’t give me an answer tonight, but I want to know what they’re going to do. I need to know what they’re going to do.” – Rep. Carolyn McCarthy GOD HAD nothing to do with the Connecticut school massacre and religion wouldn’t have [...]
Holiday Festivities and Something for Sparkling Wine and Champagne Lovers
FESTIVE NIGHTS! We haven’t had time together since we were married, 10 years ago last week. Not one vacation or even a long weekend alone, let alone when I wasn’t plugged into the world and my devices. It was well earned and deserved, not to mention so very needed. I unglugged completely, which was quite [...]
New Rules and the Mythical “War on Men”
HOLY OVARIES! There’s a war on men. Phyllis Schlafly’s daughter Suzanne Venker has done some research, written three books, and is now weighing in on the gender war. Oh, and guess what. She’s finally discovered what was known in the ’90s, as the third year of the second decade of the 21st century dawns. The [...]
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy and the Legacy it Left Behind [Videos]
THE ASSASSINATION of John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the beginning of the shredding of government trust in the modern era. On this Thanksgiving Day, with all the news swirling around Benghazi, our secret drone wars and our fetish for the “zipless coup,” the legacy of Kennedy’s murder and the doubt and distrust of our government is [...]
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College Sports Roundup: The BCS is Still Screwed Up!
TM NOTE: The following post is authored by my big brother, Larry Marshall, who is an “incurable college sports fan.” He’s visiting and we spent Saturday glued to college football until the remote cried for mercy at around midnight. The fun we had also inspires a huge shout out to Gary Danielson of CBS for [...]
Trending: The Most Popular Tweet In History
AFTER A historic election victory, planned and executed by the most effective political team ever assembled in American history, the reelected President blasted out the news to the world. ..and it just keeps reverberating. I’m a flaming liberal, as I told one Obama Team member on Twitter today. But my job now is to tell [...]
Banfield’s Dr. Birch Saved Mr. Kennedy
SANDY HAD hit, but we had been spared the worst. To say it was a relief is an understatement. Irene had left us without power, we’d been marooned during the worst snow storm in 100 years a couple of years ago, so we were bracing for all bad news. Unlike so many others, Alexandria escaped. [...]
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