Category Archives: Current Events
Christmas season begins. Joy to the world!
And in a case of Black Friday questionable judgment, a Massachusetts man left his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son in a car while he went shopping for bargains, then went home with his new 51-inch flat screen television and left the toddler … Continue reading
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Sept. 11 memorial: Does the World Trade Center site really need so much security?
Once at the memorial you must go through a metal detector and your belongings must be X-rayed. Officers will inspect your ticket—that invulnerable document you nearly left on your printer—at least five times. One will draw a blue line on … Continue reading
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My adventures in Journatic’s new media landscape of outsourced hyperlocal news
I was more offended, meanwhile, by the kindergarten quality of writing I witnessed from the Blockshopper writers. The most basic rules of spelling and grammar were violated and tortured on a regular basis. Some writers didn’t even understand the concept … Continue reading
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