Another analog stalwart is succumbing to the digital age:
Motorists' bane, magnet for thieves, and memorialized in the Beatles' “Lovely Rita,” the diminutive parking meter has led an outsize life. But its days in New York City are about to expire.
Another analog stalwart is succumbing to the digital age:
Motorists' bane, magnet for thieves, and memorialized in the Beatles' “Lovely Rita,” the diminutive parking meter has led an outsize life. But its days in New York City are about to expire.
See, it was all well and good to stop calling people bums and tramps and winos and use the much more sensitive term "homeless." But you know what happens when we try to change reality by changing perception. The new, better word starts being used the same way the old one was. Be honest, when you hear "homeless," you think "bum." So we new an even newer, more sensitive term than homeless. Oh, wait, here's one:
Granted, it's tricky trying to second-guess the prosecution in a given case, because we don't have the intimate knowledge of all the facts and the prosecutor's experience in weighing those facts. But some actions appear more unjustified that others. This particular deal seems like the kind that gives plea bargaining a bad name:
A growing number of Hoosier jurisdictions have been saying "Nuts!" to the state legislators who stupidly decided that unopposed candidates shouldn't be on election ballots. Now add Fort Wayne to the list:
OMG, Sarah Palin snorted cocaine!
Another good reason to just stay home and watch all the games on the big-screen TV:
The NFL wants all fans patted down from the ankles up this season to improve fan safety.
Hey, kids, better load up on those fries while they're still legal:
Michelle Obama said Thursday that a pledge by the Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants and its sister chains to serve healthier meals is a "breakthrough moment" for the industry.
Pat Robertson strikes again:
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson told his "700 Club" viewers that divorcing a spouse with Alzheimer's is justifiable because the disease is "a kind of death."
How magnanimous of the state:
The US poker players have been gravely affected by the Black Friday incident which took place in April, cutting off many spectacular poker tourney offers. Replacing them, is a tiny home game which proves to be a decent alternative and the Indiana Government has agreed to let go these small games and catch hold of many big gambling concerns instead.
Hot news on the poverty front:
Indiana has outshone its neighbors in keeping and attracting jobs, but Census Bureau figures released Tuesday showed that more Hoosiers are slipping into poverty.
Indiana's poverty rate in 2010 climbed to 16.3 percent -- higher than the national average of 15.1 percent and putting the state in a tie for 15th in the nation with California and Oklahoma. Indiana had a poverty rate of 16.1 percent in 2009.
A Reuters reporter trying to convey something of Indianapolis is about a few decades behind the times:
With four Emmy Awards Allison Melangton knows how to produce a winning show, but making sure Indianapolis delivers a memorable Super Bowl party will require a blockbuster game plan.
Well, what's the point then?
The 10th annual Midwest Deutsche Oktoberfest will be brewless Sunday.
That's because the big party is at the Ellis County Fairgrounds and the Sunday sale of beer is against the law in unincorporated parts of the county.
That's how they do things in Kansas. Here, I think we're at least smart enough to MOVE THE OKTOBERFEST TO SATURDAY!!!
I will be a good little freshman and not say hurtful things that might upset the delicate sensibilities of my fellow students:
Harvard College's Class of 2015 found something unprecedented awaiting their arrival on campus: an ideological pledge. It was framed as a request for allegiance to certain social and political principles. No such request had been made of Harvard students since the college's founding by Puritans in 1636.
I'm not sure if this is a vauable innovation in the political process or a further coarsening of our public life, but it is at least mighty interesting:
Democrats and Republicans in Allen County have unveiled new attack websites targeting the opposition's candidate in the Fort Wayne Mayor's race.
The Republican Party of Allen County created this site: www.therealtomhenry.com
Country music stars Sugarland have been accused of "gross negligence and/or recklessness" by the family of a fan who was killed when a stage collapsed at the Indiana State Fair in August (11).
The duo, comprised of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, have been named as defendants in a notice for a possible lawsuit over the catastrophe, which claimed a total of seven lives and left 40 injured.
When members of one side of the political divide argue among themselves, it can be instructive for the general population. So it is with the debate now being engaged on the right about the HPV vaccine Gardasil and Texas Gov. Rick Perry's executive order that required all Texas girls to receive it before entering sixth grade. There is a developing consensus among conservatives (it seems to me) that:
Ever feel like your head is so full of facts you have to get rid of one old one for every new one you learn? Dictionaries can be like that:
Oh, no, not a Ponzi scheme, no siree, and how dare any of those nasty presidential candidates say so:
