A couple of years ago, I did a post that just said: "Life sorts. Time levels." To that, perhaps we can add, "History decides":
By freezing him at that point, by putting him on a pedestal of perfection that doesn't acknowledge his complex views, "it makes it impossible both for us to find to new leaders and for us to aspire to leadership," Harris-Lacewell said.
She believes it's important for Americans in 2008 to remember how disliked King was in 1968.
Indiana may not be as ready for a recession as we would like:
Many experts fear the nation may be on the footsteps of a recession.
The country has seen indicators like higher unemployment rates and an economic slow-down for the last few months.
Purdue Ag Economist Larry DeBoer said Indiana expects to have about 1.15 billion dollars in savings by the end of June 2009.
The bad news is that there has been no bad news:
The national chapter of the American Red Cross is facing a budget deficit of $200 million. About a thousand employees in the national headquarters are being laid off to help stem the red ink.
[. . .]
According to Red Cross officials the lack of a major high-profile disaster has led to lower than expected donations over the last year.
Ireland is thriving. Guess why:
The relatively new emphasis on entrepreneurs in Ireland is the culmination of nearly four decades of government policies that have lifted the economy from centuries of poverty to modern prosperity.
Somebody finally has the courage to state the obvious:
LONDON (Reuters) - Bad news for Coco and Blinko -- children don't like clowns and even older kids are scared of them.
The news that will no doubt have clowns shedding tears was revealed in a poll of youngsters by researchers from the University of Sheffield who were examining how to improve the decor of hospital children's wards.
Headline of the day:
Glad somebody threw in that second "Never" so we'd know to take the advice seriously.
Every time I write about intrusive government and the slow chipping away of our liberty -- and our complicity in the erosion of rights -- I hear from somebody who says I'm a libertarian caveman who just doesn't understand that we're all in this together and have to submit sometimes to the greater good. But, surely, this should be alarming to the most committed collectivist:
I meant to post on this yesterday, but it slipped my mind. What a great newspaper stunt:
January 13, 2008 -- IRVING, Texas, Jess win, baby!
Even a fake Jessica Simpson was good enough to throw off the Dallas Cowboys yesterday, as Big Blue took a Giant step toward the Super Bowl.
A man apologizes for scribbling an obscentiy on the check he used to pay his parking ticket with, but his lawyer says he could have fought it:
The lawyer for David Binner, 45, said his client would have prevailed if he went through a trial.
"The F-word isn't what it used to be," attorney Keith Williams said. It doesn't have a sexual connotation anymore and so can't be considered obscene, he said.
As a veteran, I spent about 20 years flinching every time I saw a headline saying something like "Vietnam vet in homicidal rampage." The war was wrong, the narrative went, so, naturally, the men we sent there came back damaged and primed to go off like time bombs, punishing the country forever. There were never headlines saying "Insurance salesman kills family" or "Librarian murders seven."
